SportsLine model reveals Knicks vs 76ers Game 1 playoff predictions

8 articles · Updated · CBS Sports · May 4

Ahead of Monday's 8 p.m. ET tip-off at Madison Square Garden, New York is a 7.5-point favourite and the total is 213.5.
After 10,000 simulations, the model projects 218 combined points, backing the over in 56% of runs and saying one side covers nearly 60% of the time.
The second-round series pits a 53-29 Knicks team that beat Atlanta in six against a 45-37 Philadelphia side that rallied from 3-1 down to eliminate Boston.

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