This game will have a different feel than the teams’ playoff series.
That is because the Indiana Pacers don’t have Tyrese Haliburton and enter Thursday at 6-20 and an underdog in NBA odds against a NY Knicks team that is second in the East at 18-7. Leave it to New York to create a fuss after something good happens.
The Knicks won the NBA Cup and a day later said they won’t raise a banner. The other Cup winners have. Tend to side with NYK here.
It’s an in-season tournament, more of a gimmick. What isn’t a gimmick is how good Jalen Brunson and his teammates have been playing.
They have won five in a row and 9 of 10. The Pacers will keep up for a while and then falter as they have done all year.
