Cavs vs. Pacers Game 5: Betting Odds & Key Factors

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00:00a seven and a half point favorite tonight against the indiana pacers you see that total it is up

00:07there for game five now standing at 230 drs when this line opened up after indiana's decisive

00:1420 point win but up by 41 at the halftime break on sunday in indy in game four that number was

00:22six and a half all right makes a lot of sense indiana going to be competitive but we still

00:27give the odds makers their respect in terms of the ratings on cleveland all year long but hey

00:34darius garland didn't play in the second half of game four undergoing an mri yesterday he is more

00:40than likely ready to go but clearly not at a hundred percent the calves have been the team

00:45dealing with health concerns throughout this second round set so why is the line working more to

00:51cleveland especially when 80 percent of the bets on the spread right now on fan duel are backing

01:00indiana to me drs that would be some fishy line movement what say you it does because you know

01:07understand this too like if donovan mitchell was 100 healthy and the rest of the cleveland cavaliers

01:13i would say the seven and a half makes a lot of sense last stand for a team that's the number one

01:18overall seat in the eastern conference they don't win there is no tomorrow that smells like a 15 20

01:23point victory for cleveland because they absolutely have to have it and then you also take the notion

01:27that the pacers will be like you know what we'll put our best foot forward but if it doesn't work out

01:31we should have two more games including one game in our building let's not get injured or waste any

01:35extra energy here let's get back to indiana and let's close this thing out so i look at the fan

01:40blue sports book and say to myself well okay if i'm getting donovan mitchell as a true game time

01:44decision which means he's not 100 healthy but we're still hanging 27 and a half points props for

01:50him and a heavy line on the cavaliers i don't understand how that makes a lot of sense because

01:55also understand this it's not 2-2 it's not 3-1 for the cavaliers where they're banged up and on their

02:00home court i understand that yes they're down this years they need the game but they're down in the

02:04series for a reason they haven't played as well for the pacers now the expectations are my one guy that

02:10can give me a 50 spot if he's healthy to carry us and force a game number six is a game time

02:16decision and i'm supposed to just bet into the cleveland cavaliers once again i understand the

02:21public sentiment and why we're backing the pacers and rightfully so does it scare them a little bit

02:25not necessarily could they get blown out yes but again if i'm a hundred percent a healthy cavaliers

02:31team they might blow the pacers out if mitchell is hobbled in any way and scores 22 points

02:36they're not blowing the pacers out i'm sorry