Bulls - Pacers Game 2 >>> Breaking it down

In the first game the Pacers held the lead for almost the whole game but faltered in the end.
This time I expect the Bulls to come out strong and put the game out of reach early in the 4th.

Here's the breakdown from BetExposure:

The Bulls needed a 16-1 run over the final 3:38 to put the Pacers away. The Bulls never had a lead up until that point.

Chicago outscored Indiana by 13 points in the 4th quarter, continuing an ongoing trend from the regular season when they had the best 4th quarter scoring margin in the NBA. The Pacers were -126 in the 4th quarter this season which ranked 28th in the NBA.

The Pacers led by 4 after the first quarter and started a trend; all 8 road teams have come out on fire in the 1st quarter this first round, the only two home teams to have a lead after the 1st were Orlando (by 2) and Boston (by 1).

Either way, the Bulls won, and while they did not cover the game went over for the third straight time between the two teams. The over is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Chicago.

Derrick Rose ended Sunday’s practice at the Berto Center by making 5 straight 3-pointers, this is worth mentioning because he missed all 9 attempts from that distance on Saturday.
 In the last two games against Indiana he is 2-17 7 on 3-pointers, but still scored 42 and 39 points.

The Pacers shot 55.6 percent from 3-point range against the Bulls, who’ve held opponents to a league leading low 32.6% throughout the regular season.

Indiana is 11-1 ATS in their last 12 games as an underdog of 11.0 or greater.

leaning Indiana +12

aint nobody will lock the gate on these mad dogy.so let run around and hunt for boneswhile their at it hunt for us gold pot

I'll take Indiana moneyline. Nobody is expecting that.

The spread is just too good a number to mess with, although I suspect the Bulls will be angry enough to put it out of reach and continue stretching.  I don't know about the cover, but if Indiana couldn't win that first game when they hit everything under the sign, there is no way they are winning at all, at least not at the United Center, and probably not at all.

My guess would be that the Bulls defense stiffens big time and holds Indy to around 85.  102-85 would be my guess here.

Good post.

No way the Pacers shoot that well again against one of the best defenses in the league, and the Bulls are the best 4th quarter team in the NBA.

Pacers played there best game of the whole year shooting amazing all night long and they still lost by 5. not to mention that must have been a pretty heartbreacking loss to just comeback and give it their alls again next game. bulls look good for game 2

Like your idea.
Thinking that pacers not going to score like in Game1. Bulls must show better defence. And if they keep lead from the start of the game, everything gonna be ok. So probably taking Under 194.5