Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers Game 5 Odds Pick Prediction NBA Playoff Preview 5-30-2013
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With the series tied at 2-2 the Indiana Pacers will travel for Game 5 of their best of seven Eastern conference finals against the Miami Heat in an NBA pro basketball contest on Thursday night. This critical game five will begin from Miami at 8:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT TV.

The NBA odds from this game five playoff game have the home side Miami Heat favored by -7 ½ points with an over under line of 185 points. Early money has landed on the under as the game opened up a few hours ago at 185 ½ points.

The Heat and Pacers are knotted at 2-2 in this best of seven series after Indiana wins game four by the score of 99-92 on Tuesday as a +3 point home underdog. The game ended over 184 points.

Miami had a poor shooting game in the loss as they connect on just 39% from the field along with 8 of 23 from the three point line. They were efficient at the free throw line by making 24 of their 27 shots. The Heat had seven less turnovers but failed to take advantage as Miami gets crushed on the glass by a 49-30 margin. LeBron James led Miami with 24 points and six rebounds on 8 of 18 shooting. Mario Chalmers chipped in with 24 points as he made 6 of his 14 shots and a perfect 8 of 8 from the free throw line. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh combined for 6 of 21 shooting. Miami has shot very well on their home court as they average 105.4 points a game, 50.5% shooting and 39.7% from three. The teams split the two games in Miami in this series. Miami wins game one 103-102 in overtime and the Pacers produced a 97-93 victory on the Heat’s home court in game two.

The Pacers had a great shooting night as they connect on 50% from the field in victory. They made just 3 of 14 from three and got to the free throw line 33 times and made 26 shots. Indiana was aggressive by producing 50 points in the paint. Roy Hibbert led Indiana with 23 points and 12 rebounds on 10 of 16 shooting. Lance Stephenson had 20 points and five boards as he made 9 of his 15 shots. All starters were in double digits and once again their bench produced very little offensively in this game with 11 points.
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