game 7

  • Sunday, June 22, 2025

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Las Vegas - Game 7!!! You laying 7 or 7.5 points with the Thunder? Me, maybe not. Actually leaning to the Pacers plus the points. Why? Tyrese Haliburton looked pretty good in Game 6, didn't play the 4th quarter and will have had almost three full days rest to get his calf in even better shape. Totally get that OKC had the BEST defense in the NBA, but these kids from Indiana just look hungrier. Also like the fact that Indy coach Rick Carlisle has been to the top of the mountain before with the Dallas Mavericks back in 2011. He had Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd and a ball of energy off the bench in J.J. Barea. And they took down the mighty Miami Heat that were led by two Hall of Famers, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Oh yea, there was also some guy named LeBron. Not saying that Haliburton, Pascal Siakam and T.J. McConnell are equal to the Mavs threesome, but they are not that far away. However, they are VERY far from the Heat Big Three. So, gimme Indy to cover, we bought it yesterday at +7.5, and of course, if you can, buy the hook to +8.

Also like Isaiah Hartenstein to go Over 5.5 points. Hartenstein was virtually invisible in Game 2 (3 points), Game 3 (4 points), Game 4 (2 points), Game 5 (4 points), but woke up a bit in Game 6 with 10 points. With a handful of lousy games, his O/U total has fallen off, rightly so, but two baskets and two foul shots are all we need for Isaiah to go Over.

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