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INDIANA PACERS TEAM TOTAL OVER 105.5

Playoff hoops are different when it comes to defense and pace. I get it, but the Pacers were the highest-scoring team in NBA at 123 points per game on average and hit for 120 or more in four of the 6 games against the Bucks. What about the Knicks? Well the Knicks were one of the slowest paced teams in the NBA this season and played extremely slow paced games against the Sixers. But they still managed to get OVER the total in 15 of their last 18 games. They love to shoot 3's, and they're at home so the comfort level for them should be there to have a huge offensive performance. I also don't think they'll have a choice but to keep scoring if the Pacers control pace. I believe the Pacers will have success tonight and the way they win games is by getting out in transition. They'll have some success doing that tonight and I believe both these offenses will have success and like both teams to get to AT LEAST 106 POINTS or higher. So I'll take the Pacers team total OVER 105.5 in this one as I see this number having tremendous value to the OVER in this game 1 tonight.