Los Angeles at Indiana

These teams have both been putting a lot of points on the board through their first three games. A closer look reveals that they have both had games vs. teams that love to play up-tempo. The Clippers faced Seattle and Golden State and the points were plentiful. But when they squared off against Chicago, the scoring was in the 180s. Indiana faced two up-tempo teams in Memphis and Washington, where the points flowed. But their game vs Miami they showed just 172. It has inflated the expected point total in this game. Indiana still has played to low scoring first halves in two out of the three. These teams have historically waged battle in some ugly games, as no total has exceeded 189 in regulation over the last five years. The average first half total over the last three years has been 83.6 ppg, so we will ride the value and play the first half UNDER here.