Indiana had a productive offseason by signing several free agents, including Tyreke Evans and three-point specialist Doug McDermott to help out on the offensive end. The Pacers have transformed from a bad-shooting team that relied solely on defense a few years ago to a high-powered offense that was sixth in the league last season in shooting percentage. Victor Oladipo averaged 23.1 points and 5.2 rebounds in 2017-18 and still will be the catalyst for the Pacers, who now are a serious Eastern Conference contender along with Boston now that LeBron James is off to the Lakers. Memphis will be fortunate to be in playoff contention as it comes off a 22-60 season and continues to rebuild around Marc Gasol and Mike Conley without any real progress. The Grizzlies finished the season 3-10 ATS versus Eastern Conference teams while the Pacers covered five of their last six against the Western Conference. Lay the points with the Pacers.
This pick was released to clients on October 17, 2018 at 11:50AM ET.
NBA
Memphis at Indiana
October 17, 2018
7:05 PM Eastern
1 unit on Indiana -7 (-103) (risk 1 to return 1.97)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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