Here is a little tip from us to you, bet some NBA tonight. Obviously the NFL Draft will be on and obviously we want to pay attention to that but guess what? After these names are called, we will have to wait months to watch real, actual football. What we can watch right now, is real, actual NBA basketball and we can watch it on NBA TV. At 7:00pm ET tonight, the Brooklyn Nets are taking on the Indiana Pacers and it has the makings of a prefect same game parlay!
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No Kyrie. No James Harden. No problem for the Brooklyn Nets. Kevin Durant is back and he may take 20+ shots tonight. That’s like college all over again for many us but to be honest, Durant may not even need 20 shots to get to 30 points tonight. It took him 21 to get to 30 on April 25th against the Suns, but back on the 13th he only needed 15 to do it against the Timberwolves. He is the clear number one option in the lineup tonight and he should be busy offensively.
The Pacers are playing at the fourth fastest pace in the NBA over the last four games but that doesn’t necessarily mean points. It is tough to fade a team that wants to get out and run like they do but 119 points is a lot for them. They’ve only done it twice in the last seven games and that was against the Magic and Thunder. Neither of those teams have more than a handful of NBA players on their roster. Only once in the last four games have the Nets allowed this many points. The Pacers will have to shoot the lights out to get to this number.
This seems like the easiest bet on the card given Sumner’s role since the Pacers started dealing with injuries. In his last four games, Sumner has scored at least ten points in three of them. In two of the games he went over 20. He was limited to only four points last game against the Trail Blazers in 20 minutes due to foul trouble. He’s not a guy that typically fouls much so that likely won’t be an issue tonight. Look for Sumner to make fools of the people who fade this total tonight.
Joe Harris has made at least three three-pointers in five of his last seven games. In three of those games, he took nine attempts. With Kyrie Irving and James Harden sitting, this is a good spot for Harris to get some volume from outside. The Pacers are allowing opponents to shoot almost 40% from deep over the last three games so if Harris gets volume, he should be able to do something with it. This is the type of thing that could happen in the first half.
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