Pacers vs. Thunder Game 4: Shocking Odds Reveal Who’s Poised to Steal the NBA Finals Spotlight

Well, now this is the twist nobody saw coming — the Indiana Pacers, pegged as 5.5-point home underdogs, snatched Game 3 of the NBA Finals with a 116-107 victory over the favored Oklahoma City Thunder. I gotta say, it’s been quite the rollercoaster watching Indiana keep defying the odds in this postseason. The Thunder? They’re now sitting at an alarming 0-8 against the spread on the road this playoffs. Talk about pressure mounting! Oklahoma City rolled into the Finals as monstrous -700 favorites at BetMGM, with most folks not expecting them to be trailing 2-1 at this point. Yet, despite that daunting deficit, the Thunder remain chalk at -250 to hoist the championship, while Indiana lingers at tempting +200 underdogs. Game 4’s shaping up to be an epic battle — the Thunder are a hefty 6.5-point road favorite, marking the largest spread for any road team in an NBA Finals game for over three decades. Intrigued how this plays out? Stick around; there’s plenty more to unpack from these Finals hoops. LEARN MORE

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Metler: “Mark Daigneault has moved away from the double-big lineup in the NBA Finals, and now we’re seeing (Isaiah) Hartenstein priced like a player who will play fewer than 20 minutes in Game 4. That’s where the edge lies — even if Hartenstein only plays 18 minutes, there’s still value on this prop. As Myles Turner continues to bully Chet Holmgren in the paint, who’s to say Hartenstein doesn’t start stealing some of Holmgren’s minutes?AdvertisementMetler: “Yes, you’re reading that correctly — the total is 0.5 for (Aaron) Nesmith, and the over is trading at plus money. Nesmith isn’t a high-assist player by any means, but this is a Rudy Gobert-type line. The bottom line is that Nesmith is a starter on a team where the ball doesn’t stick, so it’s very possible to luck into an assist without doing anything particularly special.Best bet: Isaiah Hartenstein 2+ assists (-128)Oklahoma City is a 6.5-point road favorite in Game 4 with a total of 226.5. The spread is the biggest for any road favorite since at least the 1991 Finals. The second-largest was the 2001 Los Angeles Lakers, a team that was -6 in Game 5 at the Philadelphia 76ers in that series.