{"id":592275,"date":"2026-02-09T10:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/592275\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:30:16","slug":"indiana-faces-new-york-looks-to-halt-4-game-skid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/592275\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana faces New York, looks to halt 4-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/indiana-pacers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> (13-40, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/new-york-knicks-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a> (34-19, second in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">New York; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: Indiana looks to end its four-game losing streak with a win against New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Knicks are 23-12 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York ranks second in the Eastern Conference in rebounding with 46.2 rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/karl-anthony-towns-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> paces the Knicks with 11.9 boards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Pacers have gone 9-26 against Eastern Conference opponents. Indiana allows 118.5 points to opponents and has been outscored by 7.9 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Knicks average 117.3 points per game, 1.2 fewer points than the 118.5 the Pacers allow. The Pacers are shooting 44.7% from the field, 1.2% lower than the 45.9% the Knicks&#8217; opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The teams play for the second time this season. In the last meeting on Dec. 19 the Knicks won 114-113 led by 25 points from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jalen-brunson-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Brunson<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/andrew-nembhard-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Nembhard<\/a> scored 31 points for the Pacers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/mikal-bridges-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikal Bridges<\/a> is scoring 15.7 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Knicks. Brunson is averaging 23.6 points and 3.7 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/pascal-siakam-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pascal Siakam<\/a> is averaging 23.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists for the Pacers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jarace-walker-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jarace Walker<\/a> is averaging 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Knicks: 9-1, averaging 115.0 points, 47.5 rebounds, 27.7 assists, 7.6 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 48.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 98.6 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Pacers: 3-7, averaging 112.2 points, 42.3 rebounds, 29.7 assists, 7.0 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.8 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">INJURIES: Knicks: OG Anunoby: day to day (toe), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/miles-mcbride-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miles McBride<\/a>: out (ankle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Pacers: Obi Toppin: out (foot), Ivica Zubac: out (ankle), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/tyrese-haliburton-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>: out for season (achilles), Kobe Brown: out (not injury related ).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers (13-40, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (34-19, second in the Eastern Conference)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[1784,7,78812,126,288,643,563,304,1260,2715,1407,6,1136,191,3810,3806,279,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-592275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-andrew-nembhard","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-event_preview","11":"tag-indiana-pacers","12":"tag-jalen-brunson","13":"tag-jarace-walker","14":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","15":"tag-knicks","16":"tag-mikal-bridges","17":"tag-miles-mcbride","18":"tag-national-basketball-association","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-new-york","21":"tag-new-york-knicks","22":"tag-newyork","23":"tag-newyorkknicks","24":"tag-pascal-siakam","25":"tag-tyrese-haliburton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116040212402271819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}