{"id":25901,"date":"2025-06-12T08:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=25901"},"modified":"2025-06-23T08:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T12:52:34","slug":"pacers-defy-the-odds-as-thunder-remains-favorites-in-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nba\/pacers-defy-the-odds-as-thunder-remains-favorites-in-nba-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers Defy the Odds as Thunder Remains Favorites in NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can rip up every one of those Thunder-in-5 tickets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most likely outcome according to the oddsmakers at BetOnline.ag <\/strong>was for the Thunder to beat the Pacers in five games, closing it out at home on Monday June 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately for the Pacers, no one told them this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Thunder may still win the series, and are still favored, the Pacers don\u2019t look overwhelmed or like they don\u2019t belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are the updated series line, exact outcome lines and Finals MVP odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the direct link to real-time odds for each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBA Finals:      <\/strong>https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/basketball\/nba-series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exact outcome:     <\/strong>https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/futures-and-props\/nba-series-props\/indiana-pacers-@-oklahoma-city-thunder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBA Finals Series Line<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indiana Pacers                             +185<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oklahoma City Thunder               -220<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: Series lookahead line was Thunder -750 and Pacers +535. After the Pacers beat the Knicks in six, the line re-opened at -570 and +430. The current line gives the Thunder a 68.8% likelihood of winning the series.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Series Correct Score<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Oklahoma City Thunder 4-3<\/td>7\/4<\/td>(+175)<\/td><\/tr>
Oklahoma City Thunder 4-2<\/td>2\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Indiana Pacers 4-2<\/td>5\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Indiana Pacers 4-3<\/td>15\/2<\/td>(+750)<\/td><\/tr>
Indiana Pacers 4-1<\/td>10\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
NBA 2025 Finals MVP<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/td>1\/2<\/td> (-200)<\/td><\/tr>
Tyrese Haliburton<\/td>9\/4<\/td>(+225)<\/td><\/tr>
Pascal Siakam<\/td>8\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Andrew Nembhard<\/td>66\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Jalen Williams<\/td>66\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Chet Holmgren<\/td>80\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Myles Turner<\/td>100\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Aaron Nesmith<\/td>250\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Alex Caruso<\/td>300\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Luguentz Dort<\/td>400\/1<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can rip up every one of those Thunder-in-5 tickets! The most likely outcome according to the oddsmakers at BetOnline.ag…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":25902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[162],"class_list":["post-25901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25903,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25901\/revisions\/25903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}