Indiana lacks the court awareness needed to play the Sixers. This means they will need to try and make up for it with their pacing, but their G's cannot do that very well. Philly is the better team and can knock down shots, and when they get the looks, they can hang a ton of points. James Harden creates shots for teammates, and is always keeping everyone involved, Philadelphia cruises into the tourney.



Indiana is not an explosive team and they no longer have a reliable positional rebounder, no longer having Domantas Sabonis hurts them. The Pacers are playing a road game, and that is a great sign for Philly.


The Pacers are just wanted the season to come to the end. All of those things are going on here. My guess is the Sixers want third place and the Bulls in the first round, who they have dominated this year, going 4-0 against. They probably don't want Toronto, who they are 1-3 against.

So take the Sixers here to win in a blowout fashion on Saturday afternoon.