Pacers +2.5 leans the safer way against winless Nets
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odds are estimates- Medium confidenceLostPoint SpreadIndiana Pacers +2.5@ 1.40Suggested stake: 1 unit · 1 unit = 1% of your betting bank
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Brooklyn arrive 0-5 and bottom of the East at 15th, having scored 551 and conceded 606, a deficit of roughly 11 points a game. Indiana are 2-4 in 12th with a 700-719 record, a far smaller gap. When these sides met on Oct 25, Indiana won 136-109.
The Pacers' absence list is long: Haliburton, Zubac, Sheppard, Toppin, McConnell and Furphy are all listed out, and Nesmith is probable with a hamstring issue. That explains their three straight defeats and the market rating them only modest favourites. Brooklyn are without Egor Demin. This is the first night of Indiana's back-to-back, so tiredness should not be a factor here.
Taking Indiana with a 2.5-point start covers a home win and a narrow defeat, which suits a home side with the better differential but a thin rotation. It is Medium rather than High because Indiana's injuries are severe and they have been leaking points at home. It is not lower because Brooklyn's winless start and the recent 27-point margin both point the same way.
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