Pacers vs Heat 26/03
It will be a huge game in so many levels. First of all it is a meeting between two top teams in the East and very likely preview for the Eastern Conference finals. It will be also a game between teams that have struggled of late and want to find any kind of momentum. And of course both teams know there`s only couple of wins between them to decide the top seed and home court advantage throughout the East play-offs.
For all the reasons mentioned above this game is simply too important for it to be a uptempo shooting contest. It could really have the play-off intensity level, where both teams first and foremost want to make stops at the defensive end and then walk the ball up the court avoiding turnovers and sloppiness. A quick reminder about the scores we saw last year in the play-offs when the importance was really high. In games 4 to 7 in the East finals the scores were 90-79, 77-91, 99-76, 88-92, thats about 20 points under tonight`s line in eac and everyone of them.
Miami Heat define themselves from the defensive end. They struggle lately to find offensive rhythm. Miami has scored below 100 points in last 5 games against the teams playing defense much worse than the Pacers. We all know how Miami can play at the defensive end though. The Pacers have had very low scoring games lately as they struugle to score, but keep themselves in the contest by playing hard nose D. Indiana`s last 5 games have resulted totals of 189, 178, 170, 153 and 168 points. Knowing the mindset both teams will have here it should be a low-scoring game. Take under 190 points with 5/10 units.
GL