Knicks vs. Pacers Game 3 NBA Analysis, Odds, and Bets (5/23)
Written by: Sukh Brar
Published: Sun May 25, 2025, 12:22 pm ET
Read Time: 4 minutes
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Game Three of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals inside of Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The ruckus Hoosier state crowd will be cheering on their Indiana Pacers against the New York Knicks. Let's talk hoops, baby.
Game Information
- Gainbridge Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, Indiana
- #3 New York Knicks visit #4 Indiana Pacers
- Previous Matchup: IND 114-109, May 23rd, 2025
- IND leads series at 2-0
This Pacers team is very deep. It is not just Hali and Spicy P.
New York Knicks @ Indiana Pacers
Pascal Siakam was just perhaps the spiciest we've ever seen him. 39 points on 15-23 shooting looking like the max money player he is. The Knicks had no answer for the Cameroonian and it looks like they have nothing to say to the boys in gold either. The Knicks are facing an insane test now. No team has ever come back down from 2-0 in the Conference Finals when they dropped those games at home. In fairness, both games were great. The Knicks have plenty they can be happy about. Problem is that squandering their hard earned home court advantage may be too much to recover from.
Last game had 17 ties, and 17 lead changes, and the Knicks were still seemingly on the wrong end of everything.
Indiana Pacers shocked the world again by beating the New York Knicks 114-109 at home. Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 39 points! They are playing great full court pressure defense and excellent team basketball on offense. That's why they are up 2-0 in the Series!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 24, 2025
The Big Bodega is averaging 20.9 points this postseason.
NBA Game Analysis
I'm going to keep it simple here because the Pacers are too. They can win this game just like the other games this post season. Overwhelm, exhaust, and then win. They are 10-2 in the playoffs. Additionally, there are a plethora of Indiana players who operate better in friendly confines. Rick Carlisle has this team excelling and it's hard to fathom a drastic change occurring.
The Knicks need to come in and maul the Pacers or their season is over. They won the steals/blocks battle but they only had 19 personal fouls. They also lost the the fast break battle 14-7 inside of the Garden. The Pacers will be running even more inside on the Fieldhouse. The Knicks need to shut that down. They need to limit possessions. New York has shown they can't stop Indiana's offence. They can do that by winning the rebounding battle. Which they have but then they concede points off turnovers.
There is one key statistic that stands out amongst the rest. The Indiana Pacers are 5-10 against the spread in their last 15 games as a favourite. In the same way they quickly steal wins then they squander spreads in the same fashion. However, it the Pacers are 17-3 in their last 20 games at home. Pascal Siakam's team was 29-12 at home during the regular season. Furthermore, if you like points, the over hit in 6 of the last 9 Pacer games.
The Pacers are 10-2 in the playoffs.
Indiana has won 6 consecutive road playoff games.This team is two wins shy of the NBA Finals and just took full control of the ECF with two gutsy wins at Madison Square Garden over the Knicks.
Put some respect on Rick Carlisle's name.
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) May 24, 2025
Key Outlier.Bet Insights
- Josh Hart has exceeded 13.5 points + assists in 11 of his last 14 games. This man is always an X-factor.
- Tyrese Haliburton has exceeded 9.5 assists in 15 of his last 19 games at home. He will always be a threat to facilitate the basketball with the added boost of the home score keepers!
- Mikal Bridges has exceeded 1.5 turnovers in 7 straight games. Bridges is one of the reasons the Knicks haven't hit their actual potential.
NBA Best Bet: IND Pacers o112.5 (-115) Team Total
The Indy 500 is on Sunday. Vroom, Vroom!
Pascal Siakam vs Knicks to go up 2-0
– 39 PTS (playoff career high)
– 4 REB
– 3 AST
– 65 FG%
– 60 3P%
– 75 FT% pic.twitter.com/OT0BQ3IFSM— 🆁🆄🆂🆃🆈 (@PacersStatsMuse) May 24, 2025
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