The New York Knicks will try to even their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Indiana Pacers tonight at 7:00 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana tonight in Game 4, which can be live streamed for free here. The game will be shown on TNT while Knicks fans can listen to the game on 98.7 ESPN FM, and Pacers fans can listen in at 1070 The Fan.
Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks is head and shoulders above the rest of the players in the series in terms of scoring, averaging 26.7 points per game, but he's been held to 41 percent shooting from the field. Meanwhile, the Pacer's staunch defense has limited the remaining scorers for the Knicks, Raymond Felton, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert, Kenyon Martin and Tyson Chandler to an average of 10 points a night.
Defensively, the Knicks must find a way to effectively combat the severe beating they are taking on the boards thanks to Indiana's tremendous size advantage with Roy Hibbert and David West against the combination of Anthony, Chandler and Martin. Indiana has outrebounded New York 132-107 through three games, while the West-Hibbert combination is averaging 29 points and 17 rebounds in that span.
Paul George, the Pacers' No. 1 option on offense and the man charged with harassing Anthony said the Pacers aren't letting their feet off the pedal in Game 4. "We should approach this game the same way that they're going to approach it, and that's a must-win," George said. "We've got to get this game. We've got to get this game under our belt, take care of our home court. That'll just set us up to take care of business on the road."
On top of the mounting pressure, Smith and Martin are reportedly battling the flu, while Iman Shumpert is nursing a sore knee. Knicks head coach Mike Woodson has said Shumpert is probable.
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