Pacers vs Knicks Picks and Prediction – 10/25/2024

The Indiana Pacers visit the Big Apple and Madison Square Garden on Friday to play the New York Knicks. On Wednesday night, Indiana opened the regular season with a 115-109 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Indiana shot 50.6% overall and 29.0% from 3-point territory. The Pacers outrebounded the Pistons 39-38 but committed 15 turnovers, keeping the game close. Keep up to date with all the NBA action with our expert NBA picks.

After just one game in the regular season, the leading scorer for Indiana is Myles Turner with 20 points while Pascal Siakam and Bennedict Mathurin each have 19 points. Turner is the leading rebounder with nine and Siakam is the leader in assists with nine. Indiana had 7 offensive and 32 defensive rebounds on opening night.

The New York Knicks look to bounce back from a disappointing loss on opening night with a victory at home on Friday when hosting Indiana. New York is 0-1 following its 132-109 loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday. New York shot very well, hitting 55.1% overall and 36.7% from 3-point territory. However, the Knicks committed 12 turnovers to only four by Boston and were outrebounded by the Celtics 40-34.

After one game in the regular season, the leading scorer for New York is Jalen Brunson with 22 points and Mikal Bridges is second with 16. The leading rebounder is Jericho Sims with nine and the leader in assists is Karl-Anthony Towns with seven. Off-season acquisition Towns scored 12 points in the first half but did not score a point after the break.

New York will pick up a victory at home on Friday in its season opener at Madison Square Garden but will fall short against the number. New York has failed to cover the number in four of the last five and six of the last nine when tagged as chalk. Indiana has covered the number in six of its last seven and five of the last six versus an opponent from the Atlantic division. Final Score Prediction, New York Knicks win but fall short ATS 110-107.