There are just three teams that have come back from a 3-1 deficit in the conference finals to advance to the NBA Finals—the 1979 Washington Bullets, 1981 Boston Celtics and 2016 Golden State Warriors. The New York Knicks are aiming to become the fourth team to do so, but they’ll have to win a road Game 6 against the Indiana Pacers tonight at 8 p.m. ET before even thinking about a win-or-go-home Game 7 on Monday. The Knicks are +145 underdogs on the money line to force a Game 7, while the Pacers are -173 favorites for Game 6.
There’s also a full 15-game MLB slate on the docket for today, highlighted by the World Series rematch between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers took the first game of the series on Friday night, as Shohei Ohtani‘s two home runs keyed an 8-5 victory. Los Angeles is a slight -113 favorite in Saturday’s showdown at 7:15 p.m. ET, with New York coming in at -106 on the money line.
Knicks-Pacers and Yankees-Dodgers are both featured in today’s best bets at CBS Sports, along top plays from today’s Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter, and tonight’s WNBA matchup between the Chicago Sky and Dallas Wings. We’ll also have a featured sportsbook promo among the
