The rapid improvement of the New York Knicks has reignited several rivalries from their glory days in the 1990s. On Wednesday, the Knicks will reprise their rivalry with the Indiana Pacers, though Patrick Ewing and Reggie Miller will not be involved this time around. In our NBA picks for Wednesday night, we look at Knicks vs Pacers and make our top prediction for this Eastern Conference action.

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Knicks vs Pacers Betting Pick

This game will be played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse at 7:00 PM ET on Wednesday, November 3, 2021.

Why Bet The Knicks vs Pacers Over:

Both the Knicks and Pacers are in the bottom-half of the league in points allowed this season, with both teams giving up 110 or more per game. The Pacers are especially bad in this area, allowing 113.3 points per game, which ranks fourth-worst in the NBA in the early stages of the 2021-2022 season.

The Knicks are equipped to take advantage of the Pacers’ defensive issues, as they are still one of the best three-point shooting teams in the NBA. Expect Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier to feast on the suspect defense of the Pacers en route a high-scoring affair that eclipses the over once again for the Knicks.

Defensively, the Knicks will be tested in this game as their current injury situation does not bode well against the Pacers. Taj Gibson and Nerlens Noel are both afflicted by injuries coming into this game, which will leave Mitchell Robinson to deal with both Domantas Sabonis and Myles Turner.

New York Knicks

The New York Knicks suffered a disappointing loss to the Toronto Raptors in their last game, as they simply could not contain the Raptors’ offense in the second half. New York led by 15 in the first half, but allowed a barrage of three-point shots from Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby in the third and fourth quarters. And what was worse for the Knicks was the fact that the Raptors appeared to be bringing superior effort to that of the Knicks on Monday night.

Toronto was getting to loose balls and grabbing offensive rebounds at a rate that surely drove Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau crazy. In this game, the Knicks will have to be better at executing on both ends of the floor. But they will also have to bring more intensity and commit themselves more to collecting the ball so that they can avoid giving up so many second-chance points.

Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers have been awful to start this season, as they have won just two of their first eight games to kick off the 2021-2022 campaign. In their last game, the Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak by beating a similarly struggling San Antonio Spurs squad. In order to put together their first two-game winning streak of this season, the Pacers will need to guard the three-point line to slow down the Knicks.

Where the Pacers will have an edge in this game is on the interior. The Knicks are banged up at the center spot, with Nerlens Noel and Taj Gibson both battling ailments. Mitchell Robinson has remained healthy so far, and is an elite shot blocker, but the Pacers’ two-big lineups could prosper in this game against a Knicks team that will be forced to put Julius Randle on Sabonis or Turner often.

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