Celtics vs. Pacers Series Analysis: A Shift in Series Odds
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00:00 We all expected Boston to lay it done somewhere. As we had seen in the opening
00:07 two rounds for the Celtics, that generally came in game number two at
00:11 home. Last night almost changes my thinking on how this series eventually
00:17 plays out. As we look at the series outright price, Boston was a -1200
00:24 favorite entering game number one after escaping with a game one victory. It's
00:29 now -2000. Indiana gave the Celtics an absolute test last night. So how does the
00:35 outcome of this opening game with the Pacers forcing overtime on the road
00:40 change your outlook for the Eastern Conference Finals overall? It's a
00:44 hard gauge on the Celtics. We know how good they were been during the regular
00:47 season, but we keep telling ourselves like well Miami he can't score, Cleveland
00:50 can't score. So of course the Boston Celtics are going to win. The one thing
00:54 that Pacers don't do is play defense, but they can score. Now here's the issue.
00:57 What do we see in the previous two series? Game number one went to the
01:01 Celtics, game number two the Celtics lost. Okay you got our attention now. Wipe the
01:05 team off the court. The Celtics got a win and I think they can say at the same
01:08 time, it looks like the Pacers just got our attention. Like we got to be real
01:11 serious in this series. So I'm interesting to see what happens in game
01:14 number two. I don't expect the same type of outcome here. I do expect the Boston
01:19 Celtics to win game number two just like we expected them to win game number
01:22 threes in the first two rounds. Like okay guys, this team is really good. We
01:26 got to put our best effort in to absolutely win, which hurts even more for
01:30 the Pacers. You should have won that game. It's very rare that you recover from
01:34 could or should have would have type games like they had. We'll see what they
01:37 got in game number two, but I do think it's a fun betting series because we're
01:40 gonna get game to game those points numbers there in that 220 range, which is
01:44 great for prop betting and also we're not gonna see those slowdown
01:47 performances. Great performance by the Pacers. He just didn't come away with
01:50 anything. No moral victory man, none.
01:54 (upbeat music)