All the Pacers games in the playoffs have gone over the given totals in those games, except for one time where it fell short by a small amount. The Pacers play their strongest at home and their role and bench players will step up and this game is going to see points whether Haliburton plays or not. Boston is capable of putting up the points if their 3’s keep hitting so taking the Over the Total makes sense again. Boston after 3 straight games where they allowed a shooting percentage of 50% or higher are 4-0 to the Over. Indiana is 12-2 to the Over as a home underdog of 6.5 to 12 points over the last 3 seasons. The Pacers are 9-2 to the Over after 4 or more consecutive overs.All three games in this series have gone over. Even though this game might not mean much now, Carlisle has already said that they will come out hard in this game so the pace will be fast and the total has gone over even without Haliburton, so expect the Pacers to put up the points. Indiana is 19-2 to the Over when they are avenging four or more losses versus an opponent in last 2 years.

Best bet: take the Over the Total.