Pacers a Live Underdog Ahead of Game 3 vs. Thunder

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00:00We change venue on Wednesday night in Indianapolis inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

00:06First game for the Pacers hosting in the NBA Finals since the year 2000.

00:12Are they a home favorite?

00:14Absolutely not.

00:15They're a four and a half point home underdog for game number three.

00:18DRS, you and I, we like to look at where the odds are, of course,

00:23early as we get ready for these games, even with two full days off.

00:27We also like examining the betting statistics on our lovely sponsor, the FanDuel Sportsbook.

00:33I haven't seen some of those percentages as strong as the early looks here for game three.

00:4096% of the money on the spread is Oklahoma City as a four and a half point road favorite.

00:4896% of the money into the FanDuel Sportsbook early is laying the four and a half

00:54with the Thunder on the road in Indy for game three.

00:57And it's driving prices because the opening number here in New Jersey on FanDuel was four.

01:01It now sits at four and a half.

01:03You look at just about every other book out there, Ben, they're actually at five and a half.

01:07So that money is pushing that price point north because most people will say, hold on now.

01:11I know OKC is the best team.

01:13I was a little bit nervous by laying over double digits, let's just say, in games one and games two.

01:18Now I still think they can win.

01:19I don't have to win by double digits.

01:21I basically have to win by five.

01:22Where do I sign up?

01:23And I can't fault them for agreeing with it, but the only one, again, the tough one to sort

01:27of circle was, game number one, long layoff for both of these teams.

01:30How would the Pacers actually come out?

01:32They played fine.

01:33Ended up winning that basketball game.

01:34Coming back, Halliburton with the big shot.

01:36Same thing for me in game number three.

01:38How are they actually coming up?

01:39Now they have a 1-1 series, understanding this for me.

01:41They need to win this to really put the pressure on OKC because I think OKC wins this series.

01:47It's just a matter of how many games.

01:48But you want to make OKC really go through the ringer, knock them off in game number three,

01:53and then say, oh, yeah, we beat you in game number four and go up three to one.

01:56We're going to win this series, which, again, I don't think is going to be the case.

01:59But I do think it's interesting, not from a public perspective, because they're saying

02:02it was 11.

02:03Now it's four and a half.

02:04We're opened up at four.

02:05Where do I sign up?

02:06And they're doing that right now.