Cleveland Cavaliers – Indiana Pacers Betting Tip, Prediction & Odds | NBA 04.05.2025
It’s the long anticipated series opener between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers as their Eastern Conference 2nd Round series begins. Who takes home the win in Game 1?
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers meet on 04.05.2025, in what will be their 5th meeting of the year so far. The game will be played at Rocket Arena (Cleveland) with the home team Cavaliers being slightly favored to win.
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Cleveland Cavaliers |
Sun, 04.05.2025, 19:30 |
Indiana Pacers |
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2/7 |
13/1 |
11/4 |
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Expert Tip |
CLE Cavaliers -7.5 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
- Odds are announced early
- Match predictions are reliable
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- Odds are announced early
- Match predictions are reliable
- Neat and functional mobile app
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Indiana Pacers: Current situation
The Cavaliers steamrolled through the first round by beating the Miami Heat in 4 games by an average margin of 30 points per win. They’ll be fully rested ahead of this series opener having not played in 5 days, but the question is will Darius Garland be ready? He missed the last two games vs Miami with a big toe injury, right now he is listed as a game-time decision to play here.
Indiana took care of business for the 2nd season in a row against the Milwaukee Bucks, this time around winning the series 4-1. The final game was marked by a comeback win in OT, with Tyrese Haliburton stealing the show and proving everyone that he indeed is not the most overrated player in the league as voted by some of his peers.
Cleveland Cavaliers Stats & Form
The Cavs’ last win over Miami was a result of 22 threes made on almost 47% shooting, to go along with some elite defending. Donovan Mitchell had a team high 22 points in just 25 minutes played, it’s hard to find a flaw that this team has right now. Evan Mobley wrapped up the defensive player of the year award, he could be the difference in this series.
Indiana Pacers Stats & Form
Tyrese Haliburton had 26 points and 9 assists, while scoring some clutch baskets down the stretch to help Indiana eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks earlier this week. The rest of the team also stepped up with 21 points coming from Myles Turner and 19 from Aaron Nesmith, while T.J. McConnell added 18 off the bench on 7-for 11 shooting.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Indiana Pacers: Head-to-Head
Indiana is actually one of the rare teams in the NBA this season to have had a better head-to-head record against the Cavaliers winning 3 of the 4 meetings. The two teams have faced off 215 times in NBA regular season history, with the Pacers having the upper hand with 111 wins to Cleveland’s 104 wins.
Cleveland Cavaliers – Indiana Pacers Odds
Backing the Cavaliers to remain unbeaten in the postseason gets you odds of 2/7 for a home win. If you like the Pacers to pull off the upset, odds of 11/4 are available.
The point total has been set at 229.5 points, with odds of 10/11 supporting either the over or the under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Cleveland Cavaliers vs Indiana Pacers Betting Tip | Odds |
| Cleveland Cavaliers -7.5 Point Spread | 10/11 |
| Over 229.5 Total Points | 10/11 |
| Indiana Pacers +7.5 Point Spread | 10/11 |
Betting tip and prediction: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Indiana Pacers (04.05.2024.)
It promises to be an intriguing series between the Pacers and Cavaliers, Cleveland will undoubtedly be motivated to get revenge for the 3-1 regular season series loss. Indiana ended a 12-game win streak by the Cavs back in January in the first meeting between the two teams. That win is the blueprint towards winning this series, their lockdown defense held the Cavs to just 93 points on under 40% from the field and just 26% from three. However, that sounds easier said than done, Cleveland ranks 1st in the NBA over the past 3 games when it comes to three-point percentage, converting on 44.7% of their attempts. The return of Darius Garland from his injury is imminent, but even if he does not play here we would still give the edge to the Cavaliers as they are simply the deeper team. The difference between these two teams was 14 wins during the regular season which is a lot, the majority of analysists are giving the Pacers two games at most here. With home court advantage on their side and having played one game less, it’s quite clear that the rest advantage is on the side of the Cavaliers for Game 1. We expect Rocket Arena to be sold out and the fans to carry the Cavaliers with their momentum in the series opener. At first glance the spread does look a tad too big, but we are talking about the most prolific offense in the NBA postseason right now. Let’s go with the Cavaliers to cover in Game 1.
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Expert Tip |
CLE Cavaliers -7.5 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
- Odds are announced early
- Match predictions are reliable
- Neat and functional mobile app
- Odds are announced early
- Match predictions are reliable
- Neat and functional mobile app