The Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers match up in the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament final on Saturday evening. This game wraps up the inaugural event with a winner-take-all matchup at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Indiana is 12-8 overall this season, including back-to-back impressive wins over Boston and Milwaukee in the knockout round. Los Angeles is 14-9 overall and coming off wins over Phoenix and New Orleans.
Tipoff is at 8:30 p.m. ET in Las Vegas. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists Los Angeles as the 4.5-point favorite, while the over/under, or total number of points Vegas thinks will be scored, is 240.5 in the latest Lakers vs. Pacers odds. Before making any Pacers vs. Lakers picks, you need to see the NBA predictions and betting advice from SportsLine’s advanced computer simulation model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past five-plus seasons. The model enters Week 7 of the 2023-24 NBA season on a sizzling 92-50 roll on all top-rated NBA picks dating back to last season, returning nearly $4,000. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Pacers vs. Lakers and just locked in its picks and NBA predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks. Here are several NBA odds and betting lines for Lakers vs. Pacers:
Lakers vs. Pacers spread: Lakers -4.5Lakers vs. Pacers over/under: 240.5 pointsLakers vs. Pacers money line: Lakers -188, Pacers +158LAL: The Lakers are 11-12 against the spread this seasonIND: The Pacers are 12-8 against the spread this seasonLakers vs. Pacers picks: See picks at SportsLine
Why the Lakers can cover
LeBron James and Anthony Davis lead a team that has been wildly impressive during the in-season tournament. The Lakers are unbeaten in tournament games, out-scoring opponents by more than 20 points per 100 possessions and leading the tournament in defensive rating (102.3). On offense, Los Angeles is shooting…
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