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2024 NBA Playoff Handicapping Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks
(0-1) Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks (1-0)
Date: Tuesday, April 23rd
Time: 8:30 PM ET
Venue: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Moneyline NBA Odds: Pacers +102 | Bucks -118 (Bet Now!)
NBA ATS Betting Odds: Bucks -1.5
Today’s NBA Betting Total (O/U): 222
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The first-round playoff series between the sixth-seeded Indiana Pacers and third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks continues on Tuesday. Milwaukee took the early series lead with a convincing 109-94 victory in Game 1.
Season Series
Last season the Bucks took three of the four regular-season contests but this year the Pacers reversed that fortune winning four of the five contests with an extra match thrown in due to the In-Season Tournament.
Milwaukee holds the all-time record between the clubs with 115 victories in 211 matches versus the Pacers.
This is the third time the clubs are playing in the postseason with the Pacers taking both series including their last meeting in 2000.
*Editor’s Note: Statistics and rankings are current as of this writing, on Monday, April 22nd. Numbers may vary slightly entering games on Tuesday, April 23rd.
Indiana Pacers
Youth and inexperience get cited by pundits for a reason and the Pacers played into that, especially in the first half of Game 1.
The one Pacer who was unaffected was Pascal Siakam who won a ring with the Raptors and led Indy with 36 points, 13 rebounds, two rebounds, an assist, and two steals.
Despite coming out cold as ice and falling behind by double-digits Rick Carlisle can point to the second half when his team played better and finally played to their identity.
Pacers Stats
Indiana possesses the second-ranked offense (120.5) however, their defense lacks something to be desired as it ranks 24th (117.6) while their net differential of plus +2.9 registers 10th overall.
Through the first game of the playoffs, they rank 14th offensively (97.9), and 10th defensively (111.2) and with a minus -13.3 net differential ranking 13th.
The Pacers began the season strong and remained one of the better bets against the spread with a 44-37-3 record through 84 matches.
Pacers Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Bennedict Mathurin, SF (OUT for season — shoulder)
Milwaukee Bucks
Earlier this season Tyrese Haliburton hit a 3-pointer in Dame Lillard’s face and pointed to his wrist emulating the Bucks guard’s clutch move. When Game 1 tipped off it sure seemed like Lillard hadn’t forgotten that slight and got to work dropping a blistering 35 points in the first half.
Milwaukee will need Dame to replicate that performance at least three more times to win the series, especially if Giannis Antetokounmpo remains sidelined.
The other big positive for the Bucks was Khris Middleton played 35 minutes registering a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds.
Bucks Stats
Milwaukee’s key categories find them ranked sixth offensively (117.6), and 19th defensively (115.0) with a net differential of plus +2.6 which ranks 11th overall.
Through the first game of the playoffs, they rank seventh offensively (111.2), and third defensively (97.9) and with a plus +13.3 net differential ranking fourth.
As the season progressed, the Bucks struggled against the spread with a 36-47 record in that category through 83 matches.
Bucks Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, PF (OUT indefinitely — calf)
- AJ Green, SG (OUT indefinitely — ankle)
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Pacers vs. Bucks NBA Betting Trends:
- All in all, Indiana is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana’s last 5 games.
- Also, Indiana is 3-10 SU in their last 13 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee.
- By comparison, the Bucks are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 8 of Milwaukee’s last 10 games against Indiana.
- Also, Milwaukee is 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games played in April.
Free Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA Prediction:
With Game 1 in the books the Pacers youth know what to expect in Game 2 and Rick Carlisle has ample fodder to help motivate his youngsters. Firstly, it was only the second time this entire season the Pacers scored 100 points so that’s unlikely to happen again.
Second and perhaps more importantly, as great as Dame was he didn’t score a single point in the second half. Part of that might be due to the lead but Indy rallied to cut the deficit in the second half and Lillard didn’t respond which speaks to the Pacers potentially figuring something out defensively.
Giannis remains out and something notable is he was dealing with an Achilles injury just before the recent calf strain – – recalling Kevin Durant had a calf strain before rushing back and tearing his Achilles one would imagine the Bucks will exercise extreme caution and patience.
As good as Milwaukee looked early, I’m still not sold on them being able to consistently bring that effort especially if Indy plays to their identity so I’m betting on them evening up the series in Game 2.
4* Free Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA Betting Pick: Pacers +1.5
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