NBA Best Bets: Thunder vs. Pacers Picks for December 26
Published 4:33 pm Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Two hot teams square off when the Oklahoma City Thunder (23-5) visit the Indiana Pacers (15-15) on Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET. The Thunder are 5.5-point favorites and put their three-game win streak on the line against the Pacers, who have won five straight.
Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Thursday’s game, before you place a wager on this contest?
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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)
- Oklahoma City’s record against the spread is 18-10-0.
- Indiana’s record against the spread is 13-17-0.
- The Thunder’s ATS record as 5.5-point favorites or more is 13-8.
- The Pacers have an ATS record of 5-3 as 5.5-point underdogs or greater.
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Pick OU:
Under (226.5)
- Thunder games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 226.5 points 12 times.
- The Pacers have combined with their opponent to score more than 226.5 points in 19 of 30 games this season.
- Oklahoma City has had an average of 223.4 points in its games this season, 3.1 fewer than this matchup’s total.
- Indiana’s games this year have had a 232-point total on average, 5.5 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- The Thunder score the 18th-most points in the NBA this season, while the Pacers’ offense puts up the ninth-most.
- This matchup features the NBA’s 26th-ranked (Pacers) and top-ranked (Thunder) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Thunder (-190)
- This season, the Thunder have been favored 27 times and won 22, or 81.5%, of those games.
- The Pacers have been chosen as underdogs in 13 games this year and have walked away with the win seven times (53.8%) in those games.
- 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 year, Indiana has won four of eight games when listed as at least +155 or better on the moneyline.
- The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 65.5% chance of a victory for the Thunder.
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