Thunder vs Pacers Odds, Line Movement, Betting Splits & Injury Updates on Haliburton Ahead of Game 6
By Sascha Paruk in NBA Basketball
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- The Indiana Pacers face a must-win in Game 6, trailing the OKC Thunder 3-2
- The Pacers could be without All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton
- See the Game 6 Thunder vs Pacers odds, line movement, and injury updates
Losers of three of the last four, the Indiana Pacers (64-39 SU, 49-52-2 ATS) find themselves trailing the OKC Thunder (83-20 SU, 62-37-4 ATS) 3-2 in the best-of-seven NBA Finals, facing a must-win Game 6 at home on Thursday, June 19th (7:35 pm CT/8:35 pm ET).
The Pacers opened as six-point home underdogs before the spread move to five. But with recent news that All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton is going to be a game-time decision due to a calf strain, the line has ballooned.
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Updated Thunder vs Pacers Game 6 Odds
On the moneyline, the Thunder are now -258 favorites (72.07% implied win probability). They opened as -230 chalk before the line fell to -198 on Tuesday. The Pacers, who opened as +190 underdogs and were as short as +164 yesterday, are now +210 home underdogs to force a Game 7.
The game total has dropped a full two points, from the opening number of 224.5 to the current 222.5 O/U in Thursday’s NBA odds. The teams went over the 223.0 total in Game 5, but three of five games in the series have stayed under.
OKC vs IND Betting Splits for Game 6
NBA public betting splits as of 12:56 pm ET, June 18. SBD readers can get a 30-day free trial of Fubo TV by clicking the link.
The OKC/IND betting splits for Game 6 show the public has a strong lean to the Pacers to cover as 6.5-point home underdogs; currently, Indiana is getting 61% of ATS wagers and 59% of ATS handle.
On the moneyline, though, the public loves OKC to close out the series: the Thunder have attracted 57% of moneyline bets and a massive 75% of moneyline handle.
The public’s favorite wager, however, is the under: as of Wednesday afternoon, a staggering 92% of game-total wagers and handle are on the under.
Thunder/Pacers Injury Reports for Game 6
The Thunder head into Game 6 basically completely healthy. Nikola Topic remains on the team’s injury report, where he’s been since January 12. The 12th-overall pick in last year’s draft, Topic hasn’t played a minute in his would-be rookie season.
The Pacers, of course, are in worse shape. Haliburton (17.9 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 9.1 APG postseason) is listed as a game-time decision due to a calf strain. He was noticeably slowed in Game 5, scoring just four points (all from the free-throw line) with six rebounds and seven assists in 34 minutes.
Haliburton is joined on the Indiana injury report by forward Jarace Walker (3.0 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 0.7 APG in 9.8 MPG in the postseason), who hasn’t played since Game 6 against the Knicks in the Eastern Conference final.
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
