Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers will try once more to knock out Jalen Brunson and the Knicks on Saturday, after New York won Game 5 at Madison Square Garden to stay alive. The Game 6 action tips off from Gainbridge Fieldhouse at 8 p.m. ET in the U.S. (1 a.m. Sunday U.K time).
Thanks to our US Sports betting experts, The Sporting News brings you all the detail on the latest NBA betting odds for this all-important clash, and previews the action and deliver our best bets and final score prediction.
Will the Knicks notch the series at 3-3, continuing the improbable comeback from a 3-1 deficit? Or, will Haliburton, Pascal Siakam and the Pacers nail down the coffin and advance Indy to its first NBA Finals in a quarter-century?
Here's our betting preview for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and Pacers, including the odds and our over/under picks.
Knicks vs. Pacers NBA Game 6 tips and latest betting odds
All odds and props are from Sky Bet and are correct at time of publish.
- Win Market: Pacers 8/15 | Knicks 11/8
- Points Spread: Pacers -2.5 (8/11) | Knicks +3.5 (5/6)
- Over/under: O 219.5 (10/11) | U 219.5 (4/5)
The bookmakers largely played it safe with Game 5, making the home-team Knicks the favourites. They're doing the same with Indy in Game 6, projecting the Pacers to win and punch their ticket to the 2025 NBA Finals vs. Oklahoma City.
Knicks vs. Pacers Game 6 best bets and final score prediction
Finally, some drama. NBA fans haven't seen much of it since the Thunder-Nuggets series in the second round, but they're getting a heavy dose of it with this rivalry series. Indiana looked like it was en route to a gentleman's sweep, but New York punched back in a major way to extend the series and keep hope alive.
The craziest part about the Game 5 victory: New York didn't even play a particularly crisp game. It got sloppy, with the Knicks committing 15 turnovers and 22 fouls. Karl-Anthony Towns committed some on-brand awful fouls. Mikal Bridges had just 12 points, and OG Anunoby shot just 3-of-14. The team shot under 28 percent from three and a hair over 68 percent from the line.
However, Jalen Brunson proved his worth once again as the Clutch Player of the Year, scoring 32 points on 12-of-18 shooting. KAT also played aggressively once again, shooting 10-of-20 for 24 points and 13 rebounds. The Knicks also forced 20 Indy turnovers, limited Tyrese Haliburton's impact, and outscored the Pacers in the paint by a margin of 60-34.
Like Pascal Siakam said after the game, "they played harder." And effort's one thing Rick Carlisle can't coach. If New York continues to play with urgency and take away the Pacers' up-tempo track-meet style of play, the Knicks have a great chance of winning this series. It was the better team all season, and Tom Thibodeau has finally started to trust his bench enough to help combat Indy's depth and avoid negative swings.
Of course, Thibodeau needs KAT to stop taking silly fouls at crucial points of the game. He also probably needs more out of Bridges, Anunoby and Josh Hart if New York expects to mount the road upset and force a winner-take-all showdown on Monday. But the Knicks showed us something on Thursday — true grit — and it's hard to see this epic series ending in anything less than a Game 7 slugfest.
FINAL SCORE PREDICTION: Knicks 114, Pacers 105 — New York wins straight up (11/8), while the score finishes just UNDER the projected total of 219.5 (4.5).
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