NBA Betting Odds – Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat, Game 4
By Zack Garrison in News
Updated: January 17, 2018 at 9:40 am ESTPublished:
The Indiana Pacers desperately need a win in Miami because with a loss in game four they would be one game away from elimination. Pacers and Heat meet this Monday at 8:30 PM ET at the American Airlines Arena.
The series is 2-1 in favor of the Heat, with Miami winning the last two in a row. “Winning the game is more important,” Lebron James said. “I understand what the main goal is.”
“Ultimately, you just have to find a way,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Our guys, the last two games, it’s been very competitive, very close. Our better basketball has been at the end. What we’re looking for is more consistency.”
The Pacers put Lance Stephenson on Lebron James in game three; they still lost, but Indiana’s guard think James is not comfortable with that assignment.
“To me, I think it’s a sign of weakness,” Stephenson said. “He never used to say anything to me. I always used to be the one who said, `I’m going to do something to get you mad.’ Now he’s trying to do it to me. So I feel like it’s a weakness. I feel like I’m doing something right because I’m getting under his skin, but I’ve definitely got to keep stepping up to the plate and be more aggressive when he does that.”
The Miami Heat is 6.5 point favorites over the Indiana Pacers in game four, and the game total was set at 208 points.
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Zack is a tour guide whose favorite sports are football, baseball, and golf. He enjoys giving obnoxious commentary during games and hopes to some day write a book about sports. His favorite underdog victory was the Diamondbacks beating the Yankees in game 7 of the World Series.
