Pacers vs Heat Game 3 Betting Odds

Published on May 26th, 2013 1:32 pm EST
The Miami Heat will travel to Indiana to do battle with the Pacers later tonight in their Eastern Conference Final battle. The first two games of the series were unbelievably close, and the series is currently tied at 1-1 heading into tonight's battle.

As you probably expected, the odds for tonight's game are unbelievably close as well. Let's take a look:

Miami Heat, -2
Indiana Pacers, +2

The money line (straight up odds) are also very close, with the Heat having just a slight advantage.

The over/under line is currently set at 182 points:

Over 182 Points, -110
Under 182 Points, -110

The series price still favors the Miami Heat by a large margin:

Indiana Pacers, +250
Miami Heat, -300

Even though the Heat lost home court advantage in Game 2, you would still need to wager $300 on them in order to have a chance of winning $100 in profit back. A successful $100 wager on the Pacers, on the other hand, would yield a total return of $250.

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Everybody knew that the scrappy Indiana Pacers would give the defending world champions a hard time in this series, but is it possible that they could derail the Heat and advance to the NBA Finals, or will LeBron James and company reassert their wills and advance to the finals once again?