The seventh seeded Sixers are on the road in Gotham taking on the Knicks Saturday night in Game One of their NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs. The Sixers slipped past the Heat 105 to 104 in the NBA Play-In Tournament to advance to this series. Both teams have a few key players listed as questionable or ruled out for this Game One contest. The Sixers averaged 114.6 points per game this season, which ranked fifteenth overall in the league. Defensively they only allowed 111.5 points per game which had them ranked ninth in the NBA. New York averaged 112.8 points per game this season which ranked nineteenth in the league while defensively they allowed an average of just 108.2 points per game which was good enough for second in the NBA. The TPR Index projects a point advantage of 2.84 points in favor of the Sixers. The MM projects a point differential of -5.92 in the current line range. The Pace-Tempo Matrix has an offensive-defensive differential of 4.80 with a transitional average of 42.89 and a projected conversion rate range of 46.7 to 48.5 percent. The SIM Matrix has the Philadelphia 76ers with a 73.96 percent advantage against the spread in this contest. New York as a division home favorite coming off back-to-back ATS losses while going Over are 0-8-1 ATS including 0-6 ATS if they are facing the Sixers in this situation. Philadelphia as a division underdog in this price range and coming off an ATS loss while going Over are a perfect 9-0 ATS. Play AGAINST NBA home favorites coming off a pair of SU wins, ATS losses as a home favorite, 33-57 ATS. Play AGAINST NBA home favorites coming off a pair of SU wins, ATS losses while going Over at home as favorites, 8-26 ATS. We are going to take the points with the Sixers as they keep this one close and possibly shock the Knicks and get the SU win on Saturday night in Gotham.