Indiana vs San Antonio Prediction: the Pacers to Win and Score Many Points

Victor Vembanyama is going back to France, but this time he's playing for the San Antonio Spurs. In Paris, the Spurs will face Indiana. Will the NBA exhibition game be a high-scoring affair and end with a Pacers victory? We've got a prediction, bookmakers' odds, and several bets on this game.

Indiana

The Pacers are one of the strongest teams in the Eastern Conference as the regular season reaches its second half. Indiana is now only in fifth position (24-19 balance), but they have won 11 of their previous 15 games. Only Cleveland has a better record in this period in the Eastern Conference.

In their last match, the Pacers played against Philadelphia at home. Despite Philadelphia's poor performance due to injuries, the Pacers won 115-102. Indiana's bigmen made the difference. Pascal Siakam scored 21 points, and Myles Turner got 18 points and 11 rebounds. Also, the Pacers' defense has improved a lot. This season, Rick Carlisle's team is allowing 114.6 points per game on average, compared to 120.2 last season.

San Antonio

The Spurs, on the other hand, were struggling at the end of the first half of the regular season. After it looked like they might make it into the play-in zone, the Texans started losing more often than they were winning, and they have now dropped to 12th place in the Western Conference. San Antonio has won 19 matches and lost 22. They have failed three games in a row before their trip to Paris. At home, the Texans lost to Memphis (115-129 and 112-140) and failed to cope with Miami (107-128) away. In their last seven matches, San Antonio has only won once.

H2H Meetings

The two teams have not played against each other this season yet, but in the last two championships, San Antonio won three out of four matches against Indiana.

Stats Betting

• Three of the four previous head-to-head meetings between the rivals ended in San Antonio victories. You can bet on this, with odds of 2.314 at 1xbet.
• San Antonio has conceded 116+ points in 4 of their last 5 games. We bet on IT1O (116.5) at odds of 1.90.
• San Antonio has scored 113 points or less in 6 of their last 8 games. We bet on IT2U (113.5) at odds of 1.90 at 1xbet.
• In the last four games of San Antonio, there were over 227 points. The best bet is TO (227.5) at odds of 1.667.

Expert Betting Tips

San Antonio has not been playing well recently, but Indiana has been doing really well. Rick Carlisle's team has won 11 of their last 15 games, currently beting ranked second only to Oklahoma and Cleveland. This makes it a good bet to back the Pacers to win. We also think the total points scored will be higher than the set limit. Indiana has improved their defense this season, but the Pacers are still weaker at defense than at offense, just like San Antonio.

Prediction:

W1 for 1.65

TO (229.5) for 1.91

Each to Score Under 120.5 for 1.86