2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 1-0)

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Who wins and goes to the ECFs?

Poll ended at Mon May 5, 2025 4:13 pm

Cavs in 4
9
5%
Cavs in 5
45
23%
Cavs in 6
69
35%
Cavs in 7
22
11%
Pacers in 4
5
3%
Pacers in 5
1
1%
Pacers in 6
29
15%
Pacers in 7
16
8%
 
Total votes: 196

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 1-0) 

Post#1002 » by JujitsuFlip » Tue May 6, 2025 3:35 pm

BigDan245 wrote:
yoyoboy wrote:
Wizop wrote:
it's an auction market. more Cavs betters than Pacer betters. some just because Cleveland is a bigger city.

It’s not that simple though. Smart money will come in and take advantage of those odds if that’s the case, and the line will return to the more optimal level.


Cavs are desperate and Indiana isn't. It's also not confirmed all 3 are out. I'd suspect 2 of them play. Indiana is a good team, but they aren't elite. Expecting them to play as well as they did Sunday is not a good proposition.
Hunter can run up and down but his shooting ability will for sure be altered by a dislocated thumb on his shooting hand. Typically a 6 week recovery time.

Garland is only 60% at best Kenny said and with how the Pacers play, he'll probably get run off the floor. He may test it but Kenny doesn't want him to. If it were me, I'd wait until game 3, get him 3 more days of rest.

Mobley might be done for the series, depending on the grade of sprain. Kenny called him doubtful for tonight despite carrying a questionable tag.

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