It will be a very hard task for Knicks to beat Pacers without OG and Brunson not only because of the home court advantage of Pacers but also they are already in close match when Knicks has strong line-up with the 2 players is active. I doubt that the current Knicks without Brunson can beat a solid Pacers.
I think Knicks will still face a difficulty beating Pacers in home court even with OG and Brunson in the court so I think they might use game 3 and 4 for regrouping then focus on the remaining games until their starters come back.
Let's wait until the actual game starts. Because I am not sure with all of these reports become a tactic for these teams to make their rival confident that if one of their stars aren't going to play, they will have an advantage. I am not really sure but it seems that it's sort of a mind game to me until the game starts and with that rumored player won't be playing actually entered to the first five. I think Knicks will still face a difficulty beating Pacers in home court even with OG and Brunson in the court so I think they might use game 3 and 4 for regrouping then focus on the remaining games until their starters come back.
OG is definitely out tonight but Jalen Brunson is definitely playing tonight. He finished the game 2 nights ago with 24 points in the 2nd half he is fine. NBA requires teams to list all questionable and probably due to injuries but this is the playoffs, if you can take the court you are playing. No way the Knicks sell these 2 games in Indiana to bring it back tied up. You put your foot on the pedal full bore in the playoffs. JB will likely see 40-44 minutes tonight if it's close.
Despite missing OG and Jalen Brunson playing at not close to 70% fitness, it was still far from a giveaway for the Indiana Pacer as they had to fight for every single point today, and were close to losing it as well after the Knicks took a 9 points lead around midway into the 4th Quarter, but Andrew Nembhard answered the call when the game was on the line and he had no choice but to take a very deep 3 which he hit, and Pacers were finally able to bank on that opportunity to bring themselves back into the series, but they've still got a shit load of work to do towards game 4.
Pacers came into this game 7.5 point favorites and in the 1st half it looked like they had a shot at covering, but NY showed they got plenty of fight in them and took that 9 point lead in the 3rd. I don't think either team can blow the other out and if any line is more than 5, take the points.