Can Pacers Challenge the Thunder in Upcoming NBA Finals?

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00:00As far as the Oklahoma City Thunder and Pacers are concerned, Scott,

00:04the number is just so big that, you know,

00:08I think the Pacers can hang with them, Scott.

00:11Like, I'm not ready to say they're going to beat them outright,

00:14but I don't think the Oklahoma City Thunder are just going to, like,

00:17roll through them.

00:18Like, put it this way.

00:19I think the Pacers can win.

00:20How many games do you think the Pacers can win, Scott?

00:22Like, I think they can win two, right?

00:24I think they can win two.

00:25I think they can even potentially take this thing to seven, right?

00:28I don't think they're going to win on the road.

00:30I think it'll be a home court dominant series, but, man, it's a big number.

00:36And I'll load up the price right now and see what the handicap is to get, like,

00:39the Pacers plus two and a half games in the series because that's what I'm

00:43looking at, Scott.

00:44I think the Pacers can hang with them, actually.

00:47So, yeah, I don't.

00:50You know, I think the Thunder are just flat out better than them.

00:53They're better defensively.

00:55I think that, you know, they're both tough at home.

00:58There's no doubt.

00:59I think the Thunder are 8-1 at home.

01:02And the one game they lost was on that last-second shot from Gordon of the Nuggets.

01:08And I think that their defense is incredible.

01:13Their transition game is incredible.

01:16Look, I don't deny the Pacers are good.

01:19I just find that they're not on that level.

01:21I thought the Pacers were the best team in the East before the playoffs started.

01:27I liked them.

01:28I liked them over to Celtics.

01:30I liked them over to Cavs.

01:31I liked them over to Knicks.

01:32It didn't matter who they played.

01:33I liked the Pacers.

01:34I thought they were playoff-ready, playoff-built.

01:37But I think this team they're playing is a different beast altogether, that they're one

01:41of these teams that are historic.

01:43They're a historic team, and they blow people out.

01:45They kick people's ass.

01:47In that building of theirs, they win by, I think their point differential is 24.

01:51That's crazy.

01:52But they don't win on the road.

01:53I'll give you that.

01:54They don't cover on the road.

01:55No, but you know what?

01:56They win on the road.

01:57And we've seen them.

01:58They have the same pattern all the time, right?

02:00They lost the one game at home, as you stated.

02:02But let's just say, they don't lose at home.

02:04They kill you at home.

02:06They go to your building.

02:08You can get them in the first night, and then they'll win the next game.

02:11Like, they basically split on the road, and then they win it.

02:13They win it home, which is a winning formula.

02:16You add it all up.

02:17But as you stated, Scott, it's pretty ridiculously stupid what their record is right now on the season.

02:23Like, if this was the Golden State Warriors and Curry or if it was LeBron and Luka, you know what I'm saying?

02:29Or if the Knicks, imagine if the Knicks were like 84 and 16, Scott, now, or whatever the hell it is.

02:34You know what I mean?

02:34Yeah.

02:35People would be like, oh, this is one of the greatest teams of all time.

02:38Oklahoma City really are having one of the best seasons of all time.

02:41Like, they don't lose games, bro.

02:43Like, they just don't lose.

02:44Like, it's insane, their record.

02:46Like, it's literally like 84 and 16 now.

02:49I think they're going to win 4-7, but I got the Pacers here, Scott, at plus two and a half games, minus 110.

02:55So, from a betting perspective, that's what I'm looking at right now.

02:59So, you got them at plus two and a half games at minus 110.

03:04Yeah.

03:04So, the Oklahoma City Thunder of minus two and a half games is minus 130.

03:08So, they would have to win the series in five games, a sweep or five games to win that bet.

03:13Like, they're big numbers.

03:15Like, they're heavy favorites.

03:17Like, man, you get value with the Pacers.

03:19If they win the – like, this is just for me.

03:22If they win both home games, two, they'll do exactly what you just said.

03:26They'll win game three or four, which will probably be game four.

03:30And then they'll go home and win game five, and it'll be over.

03:33Yeah.

03:33Kind of – you're right.

03:34It kind of – kind of the pattern there.

03:37The Pacers are going to – if the Pacers can steal one on the road, which I don't think they will.

03:42This isn't MSG.

03:43It's weird.

03:44Like, I mean, you figure, oh, MSG would be harder to play at Oklahoma City.

03:46You know it, Scott.

03:47They're nuts at Oklahoma City.

03:48It's like a college atmosphere in that building.

03:50Yeah.

03:50Like, it's just supercharged.

03:52It's a different type of environment.

03:55Very difficult to beat them there.

03:56Yeah.

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