The Indiana Pacers are seeking revenge as they take on the team that eliminated them from the Eastern Conference Finals last season – the Boston Celtics. The two teams exchanged wins in 5 meetings during the regular season, but who wins the first match-up of the new season?
The Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics meet on 30.10.2024, in a clash between two familiar Eastern Conference rivals. The game will be played at Gainbridge FieldHouse (Indiana) with the road team Celtics being favored at 1.36 odds to remain undefeated on the season.
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Indiana Pacers |
Weds, 30.10.2024, 19:30 |
Boston Celtics |
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3.25 |
15.00 |
1.36 |
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Expert Tip |
BOS Celtics -7.0 Point Spread |
Odds 1.91 |
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Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics: Current situation
In many ways the Indiana Pacers overachieved last season by making it into the Eastern Conference Finals. Injuries played a huge part in their path to get there, but eventually they just ran into a better team and were knocked out by the Celtics. A lot of people were expecting them to make the next step in their development, but so far things haven’t paned out the way they were hoping they would. Pascal Siakam received a 4-year contract extension as a reward for his solid play since coming over from Toronto, but it feels like the Pacers are still one move away from being a contender in the Eastern Conference.
Boston raised banner number 18 on opening night and proceeded to demolish the New York Knicks by 23 points, knocking down 29 threes in the process. This team has picked up right where they left of last season, after one week you’ll be hard pressed to find a team that can match-up with them, especially in the Eastern Conference. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum are arguably the NBA’s best dynamic duo right now, but it’s not just them. The Celtics have one of the strongest backcourts in the league and are one of the deeper rosters. Once Kristaps Porzingis returns from injury this team will be close to unbeatable.
Indiana Pacers Stats & Form
At just 1-3 to start the new season, the Indiana Pacers aren’t exactly happy with how things are going so far. The team is yet to win a home game this year, over the weekend they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in OT despite Philly not having Joel Embiid and Paul George at their disposal. The play of Tyrese Haliburton has been disappointing, he’s averaging just 5.8 assists per game which doesn’t even make him the top assist man on his own team. Indiana has been one of the bigger disappointments in the NBA through the first week of the new season.
Boston Celtics Stats & Form
We’re witnessing a dominant start to the season once again by the defending champions who are 4-0 to start. They just beat the Milwaukee Bucks in their last game by 11 points, their 3rd win in 4 games by double digits. They are in good shape coming into tonight’s game as their only injury worry is Sam Hauser, but he too could be available. Boston is one of the deepest teams in the NBA, they just had Payton Pritchard come off the bench and score 28 points in the win over the Bucks.
Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics: Head to Head
Boston currently leads the all-time head-to-head match-up with 109 wins to 85 wins in the regular season. The two teams clashed a total of 9 times last year if we include the playoffs as well. Boston won 3 of 5 meetings during the regular season, with the two teams exchanging wins each time they played each other. In the Eastern Conference Finals it was all Boston as they swept Indiana 4-0, posting an average margin of victory of 6.7 points per game.
Indiana Pacers – Boston Celtics Odds
The home team Indiana Pacers are valued at 3.25 odds to win tonight’s game at 22bet. If you fancy the Boston Celtics to stay unbeaten this season, odds of 1.36 are available to support a road victory here. For the game to go into overtime, you can get odds of 15.00 at 22bet.
The point total is at 234 points for this game, you can get odds of 1.90 on both the over and the under, depending which bet you fancy more.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Indiana Pacers – Boston Celtics Betting Tip | Odds |
| Indiana Pacers +7 Point Spread | 1.91 |
| Jaylen Brown Over 24.5 Pts | 1.83 |
| Tyrese Haliburton 2+ Made Threes | 1.68 |
Betting tip and prediction: Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics (30.10.2024)
It has been a one-sided affair whenever these two teams play. The Celtics are 8-2 SU in the last 10 meetings, they’re averaging 11.3 points per game more than the Pacers are during that stretch of games. It’s really hard to find any flaws that this team has, Indiana is in line to be their latest victim. Only the Detroit Pistons were able to avoid a double-digit loss when playing the Boston Celtics so far this season, but with the style of play the Pacers nurture, they might be in trouble here. The Cs lead the NBA in three-point shooting and are going up against the 3rd worst rebounding team in the entire NBA. The injury to James Wiseman is proving to be a disaster for Indiana, they severely lack size on the interior and even if some shots don’t go in for Boston, the Celtics will punish them on the inside with Al Horford and Jayson Tatum cleaning the glass. We are backing the Celtics to cover the spread here.
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Expert Tip |
BOS Celtics -7.0 Point Spread |
Odds 1.91 |
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