NBA Best Bets: Thunder vs. Pacers Picks for December 26
Published 5:33 pm Wednesday, December 25, 2024
The Oklahoma City Thunder (23-5) will look to build on a three-game win streak when they visit the Indiana Pacers (15-15) at 7:00 PM ET on Thursday, December 26, 2024 as 5.5-point favorites. The Pacers have won five games in a row.
If you want to gain an edge on Thursday’s game, check out the best bets available in this article (according to our computer predictions).
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Thunder vs. Pacers Game Info
- When: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana
- TV: NBA TV, FDSIN, and FDSOK
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Thunder vs. Pacers Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Thunder (- 5.5)
- Against the spread, Oklahoma City is 18-10-0 this year.
- Indiana has 13 wins in 30 games against the spread this year.
- The Thunder have an ATS record of 13-8 as 5.5-point favorites or more.
- The Pacers’ ATS record as 5.5-point underdogs or more is 5-3.
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Pick OU:
Under (226.5)
- In 12 games this season, the Thunder and their opponents have gone over 226.5 total points.
- Pacers games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 226.5 points in 19 of 30 outings.
- The average total in Oklahoma City’s games this season is 223.4, 3.1 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- The average over/under for Indiana’s outings this season is 232, 5.5 more points than this game’s point total.
- The Thunder score the 18th-most points in the league this season, while the Pacers’ offense racks up the ninth-most.
- This outing features the league’s 26th-ranked (Pacers) and top-ranked (Thunder) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Thunder (-190)
- The Thunder have entered the game as favorites 27 times this season and won 22, or 81.5%, of those games.
- The Pacers have won in seven, or 53.8%, of the 13 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- Oklahoma City has a record of 18-4, a 81.8% win rate, when it’s favored by -190 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- This season, Indiana has come away with a win four times in eight chances when named as an underdog of at least +155 or worse on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 65.5% chance of a victory for the Thunder.
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