***Macwesties * Fri. May 23, 2025 * NBA* ECF Gm #2 * Playoff Series * Basketball Play***

(145-143-2) * (51%) * (-1,708.00) * ATS * YTD * 2024 / 2025 * Reg. Season & Playoffs * updated

1-unit per play unless other wise stated

***Tail or Fade at your own risk***

(0-1) * Thur. * Minnesota 

Are +pts @ a premium? . . . I’ll Bite! . . . It’s called gambling!

Like some here said I've been cold as of late so tread carefully

Tonight I like Short & Sweet: woof woof 

Indiana Pacers @ New York  Knickers -6.0 -110 bet365 * 8:10 pm 

Last Meeting ( May 21, 2025 ) Indiana 138, New York 135

Pacers lead the series 1-0

BOL  Ladies & Gentlemen either way 

Interesting Preview I’ve read to ponder over, so pick your poison, I’ve made mine.

Tyrese Haliburton has assured that New York Knicks fans will consider him a villain for the rest of his NBA career.

Haliburton's choke sign that went wrong ended up part of an Indiana overtime victory and now the Pacers take aim at a 2-0 series lead when they visit the Knicks on Friday night in the Eastern Conference finals.

New York held a 14-point lead with under three minutes left in regulation in Game 1 before disintegrating, while Indiana was heating up and rallying for a 138-135 overtime victory on Wednesday night.

"We're not going to get too excited about this," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. "We've got things to clean up. They got things to clean up. Game 2 is going to be another war."

Game 1 was at least a high-platoon battle, particularly down the stretch.

Jalen Brunson's 3-pointer gave the Knicks a 119-105 lead with 2:51 left in the fourth quarter. But instead of waving the white flag, the Pacers took over.

Aaron Nesmith was hotter than lava with four treys and his final one -- which was his sixth of the fourth quarter -- moved Indiana within 123-121 with 22 seconds remaining.

"I didn't really realize what I was doing in the moment," said Nesmith, who was 8 of 9 from distance while scoring 30 points.

The Pacers were again within two in the final seconds when Haliburton rushed back to the 3-point line and put up a jumper that bounced high off the rim and landed through the net as time expired.

Haliburton gave the infamous choke sign toward the Knicks' bench and the crowd - a la Reggie Miller against the Knicks in the 1994 postseason -- and the Pacers celebrated wildly. But the officials ruled Haliburton's foot was on the line, turning the shot into a two-pointer that put the game in overtime.

"Everybody wanted me to do it last year at some point, but it's got to feel right," said Haliburton, alluding to the Pacers beating the Knicks in seven games in last season's Eastern Conference semifinals. "It felt right at the time -- well, if I would've known it was a two, I would not have done it. So I think I might've wasted it."

Haliburton, who had 31 points and 11 assists, was off the hook when the Pacers won the game in the extra session.

Brunson scored 43 points for the Knicks and Karl-Anthony Towns added 35 but few people will remember down the line that the two players combined to make 26 of 42 shots (61.9 percent) in Game 1.

"There's a lot of things we did good and we put ourselves in position to win," Towns said. "We played 46 good minutes. Those two minutes are where we lost the game (in regulation), and that's on all of us."

New York's Josh Hart could feel the momentum slipping away in real time.

"Defensively, we let off the gas. The intensity and physicality weren't there," Hart said. "Offensively, we were playing slower, and more stagnant. It looked like we were playing not to lose."

Game 2 now feels like a must-win for the Knicks as they do not want to be down 0-2 when the series moves to Indianapolis.

"The series just started," New York's OG Anunoby said. "Just one game, just watch the film, learn from it and go from there."

The film session will surely focus on corralling Nesmith, who matched his overall NBA scoring high with the 30-point effort and set a career standard with the eight treys. His regular-season high of seven 3-pointers also came against the Knicks on Dec. 30, 2023.

"Once he hits one, you've got to be on high alert," Brunson said. "I've got to do a better job of finding him."

--Field Level Media

Good luck Mac.  

Gl Mac! 

MacDaddy 

GL MAC 

Best of luck on tonight's play mac    

@Macwestie1

 Bol tonight Mac

@Macwestie1, LG my man and BOL

@Macwestie1

 GL

Dude what's happening to your picks? You're on a losing streak and you've been burning me bad

@bet-lag

 yeah mac is on a loosing streak right now!but i still respect his picks!it's up to us to follow or not.pacers vs okc

@mafiaboy

It's easy to lose when you bet no money he'll be back tomorrow lol

Why would you tail anyone especially someone that bets no money on anything he lost nothing and could care less. If I post any bets in these forums  I take a picture and post it on X just because of this guy . I've been asking him for over 15 years to show proof he's betting money

Everyone in these forums should be on their honor if you post you should be betting money even if just 20.00

And I don't want to hear he's a great guy cause he wished you luck he's a profesional kiss ass stop being stupid it's the internet.

I warned people on Covers before but they protect him honesty don't matter because he has 160 thousand post.new ownership at Covers these monitors haven't been exposed to this guy for 20 years like I have.

I don't like to see people betting real money tailing someone that's posting fake bets. 

Mac Westie here's a challenge prove me wrong copy and paste the 365 bet you made last night on the Knicks go to your account BETS GRADED I don't care if it's only 1.00 It should be easy for you you're Mr Copy and Paste you can shut me up and show the guy that tailed you that you're an honest guy and lost money also. 

@Silverstones

 I would guess 90% on here don't wager. Pretty obvious when some people post in every sports forum every single day with every game on the board. 

Mac is a good guy and maybe he enjoys 1u wagers. It's a free world fellas. Does it matter who, what, when, where? Will that affect you whether win 1k today or 10 today? BTW He does have streaks just like anyone else here. If you saying you are the next coming, send out your games so we can all critique them. NO charge. 

What have you all contributed to the forum other than being a ticket enforcer here. DOESN'T matter. Take the good with what you don't agree with and move one. If you want to pipe up and disagree once in a while--dually noted.

Try finding free picks with honest guys out there...LOL. Choose your poison. For me, its using this site for handicapping, not searching everyone's thread for a winner. When I was younger, I used look at hot cappers on streak survivor etc. It doesn't work. Do your homework, bet your games, post if you choose. Very simple for me now. 

IF you want to be the ticket police, its more of a waste of time than me typing this response. 

Good luck on proving losers vs. winners here. 

sad life you must lead, going in threads bashing fellow bettors.  Unlike you Macwestie is a good guy and has been here a very long time. Win or lose he posts a real record, unlike the bullshitters on this site, who work at best buy and are placing 20k wagers everyday  Maybe while your in covers rehab, you go check into a real anger management rehab.  Might help you

@tweets50

 Well Said ....