Rockets-Pacers: NBA Betting Picks, January 23, 2009

Recommendation: Take the Over   Indiana wants to push the pace against everybody.  The Pacers are the third-highest scoring team in the league.  They don’t play much defense—not in transition, not in the paint, and not on the perimeter.  But with six different Pacers averaging in double figures and Danny Granger ranked fourth in the league in scoring, Indiana is more than capable of putting up points in bunches against virtually any foe. The Pacers were stifled offensively in their last game, held to 81 points in an ugly loss at San Antonio.  The Pacers were playing on the second night of back-2-backs, coming off a crushing, last-second loss to New Orleans, and facing a team that slows the pace down as effectively as any team in the Western Conference, so the 81 point outcome was perfectly understandable.  Considering that Indiana has hung 110-plus eight times in their last ten games, I expect a completely different game this evening.    ... (link)