Filip Tomic
After taking the lead for the first in this series, the Oklahoma City Thunder are now looking to close it out as they hit the road for Game 6 in Indianapolis. Can the Pacers respond? I’ve prepared a Same Game Parlay bet at +331 odds for Thursday’s affair.
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Pascal Siakam to Score 20+ Points (-162)
Chet Holmgren to record 2+ Blocks (-146)
Lu Dort 2+ Made Threes (-146)
Same Game Parlay odds: +331
Pascal Siakam to Score 20+ Points (-162)
Mr. Consistency Pascal Siakam has been playing really well for the Pacers, keeping them afloat at times when Tyrese Haliburton doesn’t have it going. Game 6 will likely see Siakam once again carry the bulk of the scoring as Haliburton is still impacted by his calf injury which could force him to even miss the remainder of this series. Over his past 10 games the former Raptors is shooting over 51% from the field and 45% from three, while clearing the 20 point mark in 3 straight games. With their season on the line, the Pacers will turn to the experienced Siakam who is averaging 24.2 points per game in 6 elimination games since the 2021-22 season. In those games his teams went 4-2 SU, Pascal has failed to crack 20 points in just once of those games, so let’s hope he can deliver on Thursday.
Chet Holmgren to record 2+ Blocks (-146)
Most of the headlines coming out of Game 5 were about Jalen Williams and SGA who combined to score 71 points and win the game for Oklahoma City. However, I’m here to tell you that the defensive impact of Chet Holmgren and the rest of his teammates was just as valuable. The Thunder had 12 blocks and 15 steals as a team, that defense was anchored by Holmgren for the most part as he logged his usual 34 mins in this series. In those 34 minutes he accumulated 3 blocks, to go along with his 11 rebounds 1 steal. Once again he showed his ability to impact the game even when his shooting isn’t going down, there’s no doubt in my mind he will once again have his hands full trying to contain the Pacers wings from penetrating and attacking the basket in Game 6. Indy won the points in the paint battle in Game 5, so their gameplan is quite clear. My last SGP for this series was let down by Holmgren who was just 1 point shy of a double-double, so fingers crossed he can make amends here and collect a few blocks.
Lu Dort 2+ Made Threes (-146)
Closeout games are the toughest to win, but more often than not we’ll get an unlikely hero that drains a few key baskets. I’m looking at Lu Dort to be that player on Thursday night as the Thunder look to finish off the limping Pacers. OKC is 6-1 SU in best-of-7 series when taking a 3-2 lead, so history is on their side as we enter Game 6. Although Dort has been a streaky shooter at times, he has actually been very consistent during these NBA Finals as well as over his last 10 games this postseason run. During this stretch his three-ball is at 47.1% on 2.4 makes per game, he’s cleared this line in 3 of the games in this series and a total of 6 times in his last 10 outings. The Thunder shot just 3-for-16 from three in their last visit to Indy, they’re just too good for that to happen again in this series. Give me Dort to drain a pair of threes here.
