Indiana Pacers vs New York Knicks Prediction, 2/1/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Indiana Pacers vs New York Knicks

Date: Thursday, February 1, 2024

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: MSG

The New York Knicks (31-17) will play the Indiana Pacers (27-21) at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

The Pacers stepped onto the hardwood against the Celtics and took a loss by a score of 129-124 in their last contest. In regard to personal fouls, the Pacers ended up finishing with 21 while the Celtics had 16 personal fouls. They converted 17 of 36 attempts from distance. Boston shot 81.8% at the free throw line by making 18 of their 22 attempts. In addition, Boston grabbed 40 rebounds (7 offensive, 33 defensive) and added 2 blocked shots. Boston totaled 25 dimes and had 6 steals for this game. In reference to defense, Indiana allowed the other team to go 54.0% from the floor on 47 of 87 shooting. They also distributed 33 assists for the contest as well as forcing the opposition into 10 turnovers and earning 4 steals. In terms of grabbing rebounds, they collected 50 with 19 of them being on the offensive end. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Pacers knocked down 12 of their 15 attempts for a percentage of 80.0%. Indiana ended the contest with a 46.3% field goal percentage (50 of 108) and buried 12 of their 39 3-pointers.

Tyrese Haliburton is one guy who came through for this contest. He ended up scoring 13 points on 5 out of 16 shooting. He saw the court for 22 mins and pulled down 3 boards. Haliburton finished 31.3% from the floor and recorded 10 assists.

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Indiana enters this contest with a record of 27-21 so far this year. They currently have an average of 124.8 pts per game (1st in basketball) while shooting 50.6% from the floor. The Pacers are connecting on 38.0% on three-point attempts (663 of 1,745) and 79.0% from the charity stripe. As a team, Indiana is grabbing 41.2 rebounds per game and is sitting with 1,493 assists for the season, which has them ranked 1st in the league in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 13.5 times per game and as a group they commit 22.5 fouls per game.

When they are on defense, the Pacers are able to force 14.3 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.9 personal fouls. They are surrendering 37.8% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 28th in the NBA in PPG allowed (122.9). The Pacers defense is giving up a FG percentage of 50.5% (2,167 of 4,290) and they surrender 42.4 boards per game as a group. They currently rank 10th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,199 surrendered on the campaign.

For their last game, the Knicks took home the win by a final score of 118-103 against the Jazz. The Knicks pulled down 31 defensive boards and 14 offensive rebounds totaling 45 in this matchup. They also gave up possession of the ball 5 times, while recording 9 steals in this game. The Jazz had 16 personal fouls in the game which got the Knicks to the free throw line for 18 shots. They were able to convert 17 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 94.4%. In reference to 3-point shots, New York made 13 of 34 tries (38.2%). At the conclusion of this game, the Knicks went 44 out of 94 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 46.8%. The Knicks permitted the Jazz to convert 39 out of 86 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 45.3% for the contest. They finished 33.3% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 12 of 36 and finished the game at 13 of 17 at the free throw line (76.5%). When discussing cleaning the glass, New York permitted Utah to pull down 43 in total (15 on the offensive glass).

Precious Achiuwa was important for the Knicks for the contest. Achiuwa accumulated 18 points in his 40 minutes of playing time and accounted for 1 assist for this game. He knocked down 8 of 13 in the game for a rate of 61.5%, and tallied 5 rebounds.

New York has a win-loss record of 31-17 this season. The Knicks commit 18.3 personal fouls every game and they shoot 78.4% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 24.2 times per contest (29th in basketball) and they are losing possession via turnover 13.4 times per game. New York has accounted for 5,538 pts on the campaign (115.4 per game) and they pull in 46.1 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Knicks are shooting 47.0% from the field, which ranks 20th in the league.

The New York defense allows 35.9% on shots from beyond the perimeter (605 of 1,684) and opponents are knocking down 76.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 25.8 dimes and 40.5 rebounds every game, which ranks them 10th and 2nd in the NBA. The Knicks on the defensive side of the court are 2nd in basketball in PPG allowed with 109.3. They are able to force 13.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 46.6% from the floor (9th in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York

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