The Indiana Pacers battle it out against the Oklahoma City Thunder in game one of the NBA Finals.

After stunning the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Indiana Pacers have the opportunity to cap off their magical run with a matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals.

Unfortunately for Indiana, negative regression looms large over their star player Tyrese Haliburton as he faces off against one of the best defenses in the past decade.

Even though there is only one game to wager on, there are still plenty of prop bets and markets to groom through which you can read a detailed breakdown of them below.

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Indiana Pacers vs Oklahoma City Thunder (8:30pm, EST)

Oklahoma City Thunder first half spread -5: (-110) at BetMGM Sportsbook

As the series moneyline implies, the Oklahoma City Thunder are head and shoulders better than the Indiana Pacers as they excel at nearly every facet of the court.

Especially on defense as the Thunder possess the length needed to consistently smother Indiana’s guards around the perimeter and the size down low to clog the lane. Oklahoma City’s defense also excels in transition which is a major component of the Pacers run and gun offense.

Should Indiana’s offense be forced to slow down and have to rely on more halfcourt possessions, then the Pacers are prone to falling quickly behind on the scoreboard from the opening tip.

Especially with the Pacers defense ranking below league average in Interior Defensive Efficiency, an area where the Thunder can generate high quality looks. Avoid the potential for half court adjustments and back the Thunder to cover the first half spread at no higher than -6.

Tyrese Haliburton under 9.5 assists: (-135) at BetMGM Sportsbook

Speaking of the Thunder’s length, their coverage directly affects Tyrese Haliburton’s ability to generate assists as he will be forced to get the ball out of his hands quicker than anticipated.

This disrupts the Pacers rhythm on offense, lessening the chance the recipient of his pass knocks down his look. The Thunder also possess the depth needed to keep a productive defender on Haliburton for the full duration of the contests which increases the probability of him staying under this total.

Isaiah Hartenstein over 6.5 rebounds: (-125) at FanDuel Sportsbook

Even though the sample size is small, Isaiah Hartenstein has shown how well he can exploit the Pacers struggles in the interior as he averaged 13 rebounds per game against them this season.

While one of them was a five rebound performance, the Thunder big man only played 13 minutes in that contest.

With Chet Holmgren expected to use his length to help cover the distance between him and Myles Turner at the perimeter, Hartenstein will be in a great position to abuse the interior and haul in a high rate of rebounds.

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Kody Malstrom

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