Indiana at Atlanta

The Indiana Pacers find themselves down 2-1 to the #8 seeded Atlanta Hawks. The Pacers Appeared to be the best team in the Eastern Conference for most of the season, but despite them retaining the #1 seed, the wheels have fallen off. It is the Pacers' offense that has fallen apart. The Pacers had a 15 game stretch where they scored more than 102 points in 10 of them, but the last 29 games have been a nightmare on the offensive end. Indiana has not scored more than 102 points in any of them, without the benefit of overtime. That is a huge change. They will have to even this series on the defensive end, and that is what they can do best. Indiana allowed 92.3 points per game, good enough for second best in the NBA. Atlanta is shooting just 40.4% in the three games, and have now played five straight to the UNDER at home. These teams have also played UNDER in the last four meetings in Atlanta, so look for the Pacers to impose their will on the defensive end as the desperate team here. Play this one UNDER the total.