
The Knicks will return to New York on Friday, drawing a familiar foe in the Indiana Pacers for their home opener at Madison Square Garden.
After last year's contentious playoff series, we're sure to be in for an excellent game -- but three players in particular should find a way to shine here based on what we saw between these two sides a season ago.
Without further ado, let's build a same-game parlay for Pacers vs Knicks on Friday, October 25th.
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The theme here should be 3-point shooting, if last season's anything to go off of.
Indiana struggled to contain the outside shot a season ago, ranking 16th according to Cleaning the Glass in allowing 36.9% shooting, and in the Eastern Conference Semifinals it allowed New York to shoot 37.2% from outside according to the service.
He'll have to face some Pascal Siakam defense here, but the good news is that with a deep bench it's likely that the Pacers move their wings around in this one to change up the looks against Anunoby.
Even starting at the four in the first game of the year, Anunoby shot four times from outside, and while didn't hit on any of those I think he'll have a much better night at home, with the first-game rust having worn off.
He was a focal point of the offense last season from the perimeter, and enjoyed this matchup.
The Knicks brought in Karl-Anthony Towns to stretch the floor and shoot the 3, and in the same friendly matchup I like him to cash in a couple of times from outside against Indiana.
New York opted to shoot the 3 at one of the highest clips in the league a season ago, and with two strong interior defenders starting down low for Indiana and a weaker perimeter defense than the one it saw in Boston, Towns should see an increase in volume outside after going 1-for-2 against the Celtics on opening night.
We're looking at a guy who shot near a career-high at 41.6% from outside a season ago and who's averaged two or more triples over the last five seasons, so this looks to be an awfully generous line that soon won't be here once he establishes himself in a new offense.
I was initially into the idea of playing the Over on Turner's rebounds, but the Knicks had some struggles of their own in defending the 3 during last year's playoff matchup -- and over the course of the season.
Now, New York's frontcourt looks a lot different with Towns starting at center and Anunoby operating as the defacto power forward. Isaiah Hartenstein is now gone, and Mitchell Robinson is injured, so this team should likely struggle on the glass and open the door for Turner to have a massive night.
The bigman has gone for a combined 43 points in his last two games against Towns, hitting seven 3-pointers in one, and now that he doesn't have Rudy Gobert next to him I think things will continue pointing up for Turner in this matchup.
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