Indiana @ Cleveland picks

Ty Jerome has scored at least 15 points in three of five playoff games after a strong finish to the regular season. He averaged 16.3 points across his final 10 games of the regular season, hitting the Over on this line five times and going for 14 points once more. Darius Garland has missed three straight games, and his status for tonight is very much in question. Jerome averaged 11.6 points with Garland available compared to 22.2 points in six games with Garland sidelined. In those six games, he scored at least 20 points five times and finished with exactly 14 in the other.

I absolutely love this line tonight, and I’m all in on the Over here. Myles Turner is fresh off a 13/11 double-double in Game 1, and I’m going to sprinkle a little money on his double-double prop which is set at a juicy +350. The safer bet, however, is his points & rebounds combo line. Turner averaged 15.6 points and 6.5 boards this season, good for 22.1 PR. In four games played against the Cleveland Cavaliers with at least 29 minutes, he averaged 14.5 points and 8.3 boards while racking up two double-doubles and hitting the Over on this line twice. Expect Turner to take advantage of Cleveland’s banged-up frontcourt and deliver another strong performance. He’s hit the Over in four of six playoff games this season, and he’ll make it five for seven in Game 2.

Tyrese Haliburton has been cooking in the playoffs. He averaged 17.6 points and 11.6 dimes across five games in the first-round series with Milwaukee, and he posted a 22/13 double-double in Game 1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hali finished with a double-double in each of his last two matchups with Cleveland, and I expect him to be on his game tonight with a chance to go up 2-0 on the No. 1 seed heading back home.