The No. 6 seed Indiana Pacers host the No. 2 seed New York Knicks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Friday at 7 p.m. ET. SportsLine consensus lists Indiana as the 7-point favorite, while the over/under is 222.5 points (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). New York will be without forward OG Anunoby, who will miss the game with a strained left hamstring, while point guard Jalen Brunson is listed as questionable with a foot injury, but is expected to play. Indiana lists point guard Tyrese Haliburton as questionable with a back injury, but he is also expected to play.
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The model knows power forward Pascal Siakam has helped lead the way for Indiana, and is coming off a near double-double. In Wednesday's loss at New York, he scored 14 points, while grabbing nine rebounds and adding two assists and a block. He had 19 points, seven rebounds and four assists in the first-round Game 6 120-98 close-out win over the Milwaukee Bucks on May 2. In eight postseason games, all starts, he is averaging 20.9 points, 8.5 rebounds and four assists in 37.5 minutes.
The model also knows New York forward Josh Hart has doubled his productivity from the regular season to that in the postseason. In 81 regular-season games, he averaged 9.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists. In eight postseason starts, he is averaging 18 points, 12.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, one block and one steal. He registered his third consecutive double-double of the playoffs in Game 2 on Wednesday, scoring 19 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and adding seven assists in 48 minutes.
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