Heat vs Pacers Online Betting Odds
The Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat head back to Bankers Life Fieldhouse for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals as the series shifts back to Indianapolis. The Heat have their collective foot on the throat of the Pacers after taking care of business in South Beach, and now look to end this series early.[ad-4468020]
Eastern Conference Finals Game 5
MIA leads 3-1
Miami Heat (11-2) at Indiana Pacers (9-8)
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Time: 3:30 PM ET
Venue: Bankers Life Fieldhouse
City: Indianapolis, Indiana
O/U Odds: 184
Spread: Miami -2
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The Heat had little trouble brushing off the Pacers in Game 4, coming away with a 102-90 victory. LeBron James led all scorers with 32 points on 13-of-21 shooting, adding 10 rebounds, five assists, and two steals.
Dwyane Wade chipped in 15 points, two assists, two rebounds, and two steals.
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The third member of the big three, Chris Bosh, finally arrived for this series, netting a playoff-high 25 points on 7-of-12 shooting, knocking down three of his five attempts from beyond the arc, and contributing six rebounds, an assist, and a rebound.
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The Pacers got 23 points from Paul George on 8-of-16 shooting, and David West chipped in 20 points, 12 rebounds, and four assists, but that wasn’t enough. Center Roy Hibbert fell back to his old ways, going 0-for-4 from the floor in a scoreless outing.
The Heat could be a little shorthanded for Game 5 as both Ray Allen and Chris Andersen are dealing with injuries that have their status up in the air. Andersen bruised his thigh in a collision with Dwyane Wade back in Game 3, and Allen bruised his hip and thigh as he attempted to run through a screen in the second half of Game 4.
Pacers head coach Frank Vogel said that the Heat’s domination of this series has his team’s confidence shaken. That was evident in Hibbert’s stat line, as he appears to have lost whatever it was he re-found. The Heat certainly aren’t an opponent a team would want to square off with when their confidence is shaken.
With all the talk of how important home court advantage would be in this series, the Heat would love to send the Pacers packing in their own barn. The team already has a win at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in this series, and they’ll surely want to end this series early after the Pacers gave them so much trouble a year ago.
Additionally, these teams continue to climb past the number. Miami’s defense has been much better at home, yet the teams still go back to Indiana coming off back-to-back overs.
The Heat are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games overall, while the Pacers are 1-4 ATS in their last five home games.
The over is 6-1 in the Heat’s last seven games overall, and it is 4-1 in the last five meetings between these teams.
The play: Miami -2, Over 184
