{"id":97723,"date":"2024-09-26T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=97723"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:13:54","slug":"2024-25-nba-betting-preview-indiana-pacers-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/26\/2024-25-nba-betting-preview-indiana-pacers-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"2024-25 NBA Betting: Indiana Pacers Win Total Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Pacers surprised everyone last season. Not only did they blow their regular season expected <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/19\/2024-25-nba-betting-preview-memphis-grizzlies-win-total-odds\/\" target=\"_self\">win total odds<\/a> out of the water, but they succeeded in the NBA playoffs as well. The Pacers ended a three-season playoff drought with a trip to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/07\/boston-celtics-win-total-odds-and-betting-preview\/\" target=\"_self\">Eastern Conference Finals<\/a>. The competition on the Indiana Pacers schedule has improved, and Indiana stood pat this offseason. This <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/19\/2024-25-nba-betting-preview-los-angeles-lakers-win-total-odds\/\" target=\"_self\">2024-2025 NBA preview<\/a> will look at the Indiana Pacers odds and see if they can exceed their projected win total this season.<\/p>\n<h2>2024-25 NBA Betting: Indiana Pacers Win Total Odds<\/h2>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"input-box\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<div id=\"waffle-rich-text-editor\" class=\"cell-input editable disabled-input\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"combobox\" contenteditable=\"false\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" aria-label=\"B6\" tabindex=\"0\">[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170476&#8243;]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Defying Expectations and Pacers Odds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/10\/nba-odds-breaking-down-the-favorites-in-the-central-division\/\" target=\"_self\">Indiana Pacers odds<\/a> were too low last season. Before the season, oddsmakers projected their win total at 38.5 and their chances of making the playoffs at +120. The Pacers won 47 games and were four wins away from winning the East (their preseason odds to come out of the East were +12500).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the two best playmakers call Indiana home.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrese Haliburton and Caitlin Clark are taking over \ud83d\udd25 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eXHcXfogvS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/eXHcXfogvS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pacers\/status\/1835769173504676244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the Pacers season was both the continued rise to stardom of <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halibty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> as well as a pivotal trade that landed them <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/siakapa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pascal Siakam<\/a>. The Pacers ended the season with the second-highest offensive rating of all time. This season, they need to sustain their offensive potency and improve on their defense if they want to exceed their projected win total.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"input-box\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<div id=\"waffle-rich-text-editor\" class=\"cell-input editable disabled-input\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"combobox\" contenteditable=\"false\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" aria-label=\"B5\" tabindex=\"0\">[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170460&#8243;]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Limited Offseason Changes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Indiana Pacers roster will look almost identical to last year&#8217;s. They didn\u2019t make any significant offseason pickups, and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithja04.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Smith<\/a> was the only relevant departure. Continuity can breed success, but their Eastern Conference rivals all loaded up on talent. The Sixers picked up <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgpa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul George<\/a>, the Knicks traded for <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bridgmi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikal Bridges<\/a>, and teams like the Magic are only improving with age.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;They feel a little slighted. They hear people talk about us like they kind of look past what we accomplished last season.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Chad Buchanan on the team&#39;s mentality as they prepare for training camp \ud83d\udcaa <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SSVGWKQI2J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/SSVGWKQI2J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pacers\/status\/1838708505450287138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Pacers roster will go as far as Haliburton can take them. Although after joining the team, Siakam led them in scoring, Haliburton is the engine that carries the Pacers elite offense. Siakam will be a key force as well, especially defensively. Betting on the Pacers odds is for those confident in Haliburton and Siakam\u2019s improvement. Young pieces like <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mathube01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennedict Mathurin<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nembhan01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Nembhard<\/a> will also need to step up for the Pacers to reach their highest potential.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Indiana Pacers Odds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"input-box\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<div id=\"waffle-rich-text-editor\" class=\"cell-input editable disabled-input\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"combobox\" contenteditable=\"false\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" aria-label=\"B8\" tabindex=\"0\">[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;180848&#8243;]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This season, the Pacers are projected to win 47.5 games, with -122 juice on the under. After adding Siakam last season, they won at a 46-win pace, so oddsmakers are not expecting a large improvement from last season. With other Eastern Conference teams making significant offseason moves, there\u2019s reason to believe Indiana may struggle to replicate last season\u2019s success. A slight regression could be in store, but there is also reason to believe the Pacers roster could continue to gel and build upon last season&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>The Pacers haven\u2019t won 48 regular season games since the 2018-2019 season. The Eastern Conference is as competitive as it\u2019s been in a long time, but the Pacers have a younger and healthy roster. Don\u2019t expect the same postseason success, but improving upon their win total from last season is possible. Taking the over is a bet on the young core of Indiana continuing improvement, as well as a full season of Siakam adding some extra wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Pacers surprised everyone last season. Not only did they blow their regular season expected win total odds out of the water, but they succeeded in the NBA playoffs as well. The Pacers ended a three-season playoff drought with a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. The competition on the Indiana Pacers schedule has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5284,"featured_media":81846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,49087,11,62],"tags":[49402,950,49091,4303,3723,413,1754,2607],"class_list":["post-97723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-basketball-betting","category-pacers","category-nba","tag-2024-2025-season","tag-andrew-nembhard","tag-basketball-betting","tag-bennedict-mathurin","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-season-preview","tag-pascal-siakam","tag-tyrese-haliburton"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181048,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97723\/revisions\/181048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}