Bucks, Sixers Stay Alive, Cavs Barely Hold Serve
Dogs 3-0 ATS; All Three Tuesday Tussles Head to Game Six
Exciting night of playoff action Tuesday. Underdogs cashed every ticket, with both Philadelphia and Milwaukee winning outright to stay alive. Let’s crunch the numbers…
Philadelphia (+4) 112, New York 106 in OT (97)
2-point Pct: Philadelphia 52%, New York 60%
3-pointers: Philadelphia 15/39 (39%), New York 10/36 (28%)
Free Throws: Philadelphia 13/19, New York 16/24
Rebounds: Philadelphia 46, New York 40
Turnovers: Philadelphia 16, New York 14
Estimated Pace: 93 possessions in regulation (104 counting OT)
Sixers were down 6 points in the final half-minute before nailing a couple treys. Stole back the game that the Knicks kinda stole from them on this court earlier in the series. Three-pointers obviously a big deal (not just those two late ones!). Sixers had to win that category by 15 points just to win the game by six. Good rebounding performance. But, soft inside defense and too many TOs.
Very bad beat for those on Under 202ish. Ended regulation on 194 after the late heroics. Under pace the whole way. Knicks won the first half again (5-0 ATS this series). A 49-43 count this time. Sixers gave themselves a chance to have something left in the tank down the stretch. Took every drop!
Slow series, with possession counts of 92, 95, 94, 94, and 93 in regulation. But scoring has landed on 215, 205, 239, 189, and 197 in regulation with shotmakers doing their thing.
Knicks will be positioned to zig-zag back in G6 after shooting 28% on treys here. In order by game, trey pct for NYK is 46%, 33%, 43%, 26%, and 28%. Call it a double bounce-back for a decent trey performance next time out…with Philadelphia possibly dead tired Thursday after this rally.
A 3-2 Knicks series is probably where we should be, figuring BOTH teams either stole a miracle win or choked away a sure thing depending on your perspective. Those cancel out. NY won two of the other three that weren’t gut punches. Sixers currently favored at -3 in Thursday’s return engagement. Game Seven would be Saturday in New York. No chance for hobbled and ailing Embiid to refresh.