Can the Indiana Pacers Clinch NBA Title as Underdogs?

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00:00Well, now Indiana holds a 2-1 series lead, and despite Oklahoma City remaining

00:05greater than a $2 favorite at minus $2.35, I think that question now has shifted Fonseca to

00:12can Indiana win the entire thing outright as a series underdog?

00:18So that's the question I pose to you, Brian.

00:21Can the Pacers triumph and be crowned an NBA champ?

00:25I have one, two, three, four, five Pacers futures in terms of, and two of them already cast

00:35because one of them was to win the East, and one of them was their win total, and the rest

00:39are for them in some sort of way to win the finals.

00:43I did take Pacers in six because they were giving me plus 570.

00:47I did take Pacers in seven because they were giving me plus 710.

00:50This is after game three, by the way.

00:51And before game three, I took Pascal Siakam finals MVP at plus 1900.

00:55So I could say that I'm in the tank for them.

00:58What I'm seeing is, and this is sort of the issue I'm having with how this series is being

01:05talked about, Oklahoma City is better in a vacuum.

01:10Vacuum doesn't matter in a seven-game series.

01:12We've seen more upsets lately than we did probably pre-COVID, I would say, since around that period

01:19we've gotten, I mean, the Heat went on a run to the finals at that point.

01:22They were a good team, but I think that surprised some people, me less so.

01:28And looking at this series and looking at these playoffs, Indy is the best fourth quarter team

01:34in the NBA.

01:37I don't know if that was the case before the playoffs, but they've proven that they're the

01:41best fourth quarter team in the NBA when it matters.

01:43So why is the best fourth quarter team in the NBA plus 194 with a 2-1 lead and with home

01:55court in game four?

01:58That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

02:00I get that Oklahoma City is great.

02:03Best defense we've seen in a really long time.

02:06Some people are going back to the 0-4 Pistons.

02:08Some people are going back to the 2014 Spurs or whatever it is, like whatever defense you

02:14want to choose.

02:15But I think Indiana is still, still like a value play.

02:22And like, I want something Thunder related, but you started the series by giving me minus

02:28750 on the money line.

02:30They lose game one.

02:32It didn't really change much.

02:33They win game two.

02:35And then it's like, oh, order is restored.

02:37They're back to like minus 600.

02:38And it's like, okay, I guess I'm just going to bet the Pacers because I think they could

02:42legitimately win this series and you still are valuing the Thunder like they're the 96

02:47Bulls.