Best Pacers vs. Knicks Player Props Tonight: How to Bet Brunson, Haliburton in Game 1

The Eastern Conference Finals tips off tonight at 8 p.m. ET (TNT) between the host New York Knicks and visiting Indiana Pacers as we offer our Pacers vs. Knicks player props and NBA picks for Game 1 at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks are favored to win tonight and take an early series lead, though we're focused on top stars Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton as we hunt for the top player prop values across our best NBA betting sites. 

⛹️ Best NBA player props for Pacers vs. Knicks: Game 1

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🔥 Jalen Brunson Over 28.5 points ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Brunson averaged 26.2 points per game behind a team-high 29.6% usage rate against the Boston Celtics and their stout defense during the second round of the NBA playoffs. He twice crossed 28.5 points while facing a unit that allowed the second-fewest regular-season points per outing (107.2) and the fourth-fewest to point guards (23.42).

He also put up 31.5 points per game during the Knicks' first-round series against the Detroit Pistons with a 34.1% usage rate, going Over 28.5 in five of six contests. Against a Pacers defense that was 17th in points allowed per game (115.1) and 23rd in field-goal percentage allowed (47.4%), Brunson should produce an opening-game performance reminiscent of what he did against Detroit. 

✅ Best odds: -106 via FanDuel ($10 to win $9.43)

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🔥 Tyrese Haliburton Over 2.5 made 3-pointers ⭐⭐⭐

Although Haliburton was slightly sporadic from behind the arc in the Pacers' second-round series against the No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers, the plus-money odds from our best sports betting sites are hard to pass up. The two-time All-Star averaged a career-high three made 3-pointers per game during the regular season on 38.8% shooting, and he's coming off a 6-for-10 performance from deep against Cleveland. 

The Knicks allowed the NBA's fifth-highest 3-point percentage during the campaign (36.7%), with point guards accounting for 3.11 made threes per game. With Haliburton coming off a series against the top team in the East in which he shot 45.8% from behind the arc, expect Rick Carlisle to want his lead guard shooting plenty of long balls in Game 1 against the Knicks.

✅ Best odds: +104 via FanDuel ($10 to win $10.40)

🔥 Karl-Anthony Towns Over 11.5 rebounds ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Only one player remains in the NBA playoffs who's averaging more than 10 boards per game in the postseason. Karl-Anthony Towns' 11.3 rebounds per game in the playoffs are the most of any player on the remaining four teams, and he should enjoy a field day cleaning the glass against the Pacers.

Indiana allowed the ninth-most regular-season rebounds per game (45), with centers bringing down the eighth-most boards in the league against the Pacers (15.34). KAT just averaged 12.7 rebounds per matchup in the series against Boston, a team that ranked in the top half of the league in rebounds allowed per game (43.7).

He should cruise to his sixth game with Over 11.5 boards in his last eight outings.

✅ Best odds: -110 via DraftKings ($10 to win $9.09)

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🔢 Pacers vs. Knicks updated betting insights

Updated betting info via BetMGM

• The Knicks opened as 4.5-point favorites and remain the front-runners to win tonight, even with 58% of spread bets on the Pacers
• Indiana has only seen 40% of moneyline wagers as the underdog, forcing its price to +154 in the hours before tipoff
• After the total was as high as 224.5, it's back down to 221.5 - even lower than the opening O/U of 222.5

📡 How to watch Pacers vs. Knicks live (Game 1)

📅 Wednesday, May 21
🕗 8 p.m. ET
📍 Madison Square Garden (New York)
📺 TNT | 🛜 Max

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