The Indiana Pacers limp home down 2-0 to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, and we're offering our top Celtics vs. Pacers parlay predictions based on the best NBA odds for Saturday's matchup.
The Boston Celtics took a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 16-point Game 2 win against the Indiana Pacers. Now, as the series heads to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for Game 3 on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC), the Pacers may be without Tyrese Haliburton.
With Haliburton dealing with a hamstring injury, the Celtics are 7-point road favorites and remain minus-money by the NBA championship odds. Boston has been so impressive that NBA Finals MVP odds favorite-Jayson Tatum, who we highlighted in our Jayson Tatum player props & odds, isn't even playing his best basketball.
Along with our Celtics vs. Pa cers player props, here are our best Celtics vs. Pacers parlay predictions for Game 3 (odds via our best NBA betting sites; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).
Celtics vs. Pacers parlay for Game 3
(Odds via DraftKings)
- Jayson Tatum Under 45.5 points + rebounds + assists (-118) ????
- Jaylen Brown Over 1.5 made 3-pointers (-142) ???
- Pascal Siakam Over 22.5 points (-122) ????
Combined odds: +550 via DraftKings
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SGP predictions for Celtics vs. Pacers
As Luka Doncic continues to make the Minnesota Timberwolves look more like puppies than championship contenders, it's becoming increasingly clear that he's the best player in the NBA playoffs. Could we get the best player vs. the best team in the NBA Finals? It certainly looks like it.
While Tatum is the top player on the Celtics, he's had an inconsistent playoffs. Tatum's numbers are down in part because the Celtics don't need him to carry them the way the Dallas Mavericks need Doncic to. However, the Celtics' star has been flat-out bad from 3-point range (26.6%) and has only gone Over 45.5 PRAs in three of 12 playoff games.
I think he'll go Under again, given he's averaging 41.9 PRAs, and Boston may not even need a big game from him to win. The odds imply a 54.13% probability this leg hits, according to our odds converter.
The debate rages on, who's team is the Boston Celtics? A tale old as time in the NBA, two All-Star players on the same roster, surely they can't be content with winning and are fighting each other for credit. In reality, Tatum and Jaylen Brown are just trying to bring a championship home to Boston, as if they need more.
Coming off a 40-point performance, Brown has been the hot hand for the C's in the playoffs. Not only did he go 4-for-10 from 3-point range in Game 2, but he also hit the impossible three in Game 1 to force OT.
He's averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers per game in the playoffs and has hit at least two in six games. These -142 odds would be too short to bet alone, but are perfect for the SGP with a 58.68% win probabil ity.
This is as much of a Pascal Siakam prop as it is a Haliburton prop, with the All-Star guard questionable for the game. Even if he does play, how impactful will he be on a bad leg?
Through two games in the series, Siakam has been Indiana's biggest scoring threat. He's averaging 26 points in the series and shooting 62.5% from the floor. Already averaging 20 field goals per game against Boston, he may need to take on an even larger role if the Pacers hope to make this a series.
Siakam has scored at least 23 in six playoff games, which is why the odds imply a 54.95% probability he will again. This prop takes the SGP to +550 with a $10 bet, paying a $55 profit if each leg hits. This same SGP is +377 at some of our other best sportsbooks, implying a 20.96% probability it hits.
Celtics-Pacers SGP picks made Saturday at 10:10 a.m. ET.
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