By Wegs Benedict — “Bet Big. Stay Wild.” Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 — Knicks @ Pacers The smell of history is thick in Indy...

Spike Lee’s seat is still warm from Game 1, Tyrese Haliburton is practicing the Reggie Miller choke  in the hotel mirror, and the Garden crowd is praying the clock never shows 2:45 again. History says teams up 14 that late never lose.   The Pacers just slapped history in the face.So what now? We  grab the numbers, stir in a little swagger, and tuck six shiny points in our back pocket. Bet big, stay wild—MSG might need smelling salts.

If Denver’s thin rotation was already skating on fumes, Jamal Murray’s late-breaking “questionable (illness)” tag just doused the champs’ comeback hopes in ice-cold Rocky Mountain water. With Oklahoma City’s #WildcardCrew poised for a statement close-out, tonight feels less like Game 6  and more like a coronation for Shai & Co. Let’s turn that edge into a disciplined bet slip.

Lean in, Crew—today’s six-game Thursday slate is one of those sleepy getaway cards the books hope you’ll ignore. We won’t. Our BaseRuns-powered model spotted a fistful of mispriced dogs and one sneaky total begging to be punched. Sharpen the pencils, slow the breath, and let’s carve the edge while half the market’s still at lunch.

“Two arenas, one night, and a bankroll begging for bravado—lock in, ride the Edge, and let’s turn May 4 into legend, #WildcardCommunity.”

The Hits-Prop Hit List  is locked, loaded, and dripping with edge—ten bats I project at ≥ 74 %  to grab a knock tonight (April 23, 2025). They passed the Wegs three-gate gauntlet: (1)  confirmed healthy starters, (2)  elite platoon splits against today’s arm, and (3)  a soft enough mound matchup to sweeten the pot. If you can still find standard 1-hit lines at shorter than −280 on any of these studs, the math screams +EV ; sprinkle half-Kelly units and let variance sweat the

Welcome back to The Edge, where models meet mayhem and value gets hunted down like a 2–0 heater in the heart of the zone. This morning, I spun up the Hits Prop Engine—negative binomial core, sharp on contact rates, precise on air density—and the Tuesday slate lit up like a blackjack table on a 12-roll heater.