The No. 2 seed New York Knicks and the No. 7 seed Philadelphia 76ers square off in a first-round tilt on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the 76ers as 5.5-point favorites, while the over/under is 204.5 points (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

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The model knows Philadelphia point guard Tyrese Maxey continued his torrid offensive pace in Game 2, narrowly missing a triple-double with 35 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. He scored 33 points in Game 1. During the regular season, Maxey registered 10 double-doubles, and 24 games of 30 or more points.

The model also knows point guard Jalen Brunson continues to power New York, and is coming off a 24-point, eight-rebound and six-assist effort on Monday. He has been on fire over the past 10 games. During that span, he is averaging 37.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 8.3 assists. He has played well against the 76ers all year, averaging 22.3 points and 7.8 assists in four regular-season games against them.

The model has simulated Knicks vs. 76ers 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits 60% of the time!

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