NBA Betting Spread – Pacers at Wizards Game 3

The Indiana Pacers won game two, but they need to get home court advantage back and they will have a chance to do so this Friday at 8 PM ET, when they take on the Washington Wizards at Verizon Center, in game three of the Eastern Conference second round of the NBA playoffs.

The thing that changed in game two wants the involvement of center Roy Hibbert; he finally showed up.

“He started to run the court a little bit. We saw on film where he kind of outran all of us. That showed him wanting the ball,” Wizards guard Andre Miller said. “He wanted to win, and it kind of rubbed off on the rest of the team.”

“I don’t expect to put up 28 points a game, but I expect to contribute,” Hibbert said. “I want to be a part of something on both ends.”

The Wizards have covered the spread in the last three games against the Pacers, but more than cover they need to win game three in order to send a clear message to Indiana. “We lost our pace from an offensive standpoint,” Wizards coach Randy Wittman said of game two, “and that hurts us in the long run.”

The NBA betting spread has this game a 4.5 in favor of the Washington Wizards; the game total is at 214.5 points. Washington is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games when playing Indiana and the total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games when playing at home against Indiana.