NBA betting: Four bets that stand out for Tuesday’s playoff games

There are two video games on faucet within the NBA on Tuesday night time, beginning with the Indiana Pacers trying to shut out their sequence towards the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland. The Pacers enter with a 3-1 lead after taking Sport 4 on Sunday.

After that, the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder look to interrupt a 2-2 impasse with each groups buying and selling wins. The motion ideas off at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Listed below are a number of the bets that stand out for Tuesday night time’s video games.

Odds are as of publication time. For essentially the most up-to-date odds, go to ESPN BET

Bets that stand out for Tuesday

Pascal Siakam 20-plus factors (+135) The Pacers have leaned closely on Siakam this postseason. He is averaging 13.2 discipline aim makes an attempt and 18.6 PPG within the 2025 playoffs. The Cavaliers are coping with a number of key accidents, together with Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, and Evan Mobley. Siakam performed a vital function in serving to Indiana construct a commanding lead in Sport 4, and that pattern ought to proceed Tuesday night time because the Pacers purpose for his or her second straight journey to the Jap Convention Finals. — Moody

Denver Nuggets +10.5 (-110) Though the Nuggets are coming off a loss, this line feels a bit excessive. Denver has lined the unfold within the final two video games and is 3-1 ATS on this sequence. It is a battle-tested, championship-winning crew, and Sport 5 is pivotal. The Nuggets are additionally 6-1-1 ATS of their previous eight video games, whereas the Thunder are simply 1-5 of their final six. Nikola Jokic has struggled to date within the sequence, however the three-time MVP is certain to return to life sooner relatively than later. This sport must be extra aggressive than the unfold suggests. — Moody

Donovan Mitchell over 27.5 factors (-105). Mitchell aggravated an ankle damage final sport and performed solely 20 minutes, scoring 12 factors in a blowout loss. However within the three video games earlier than, he had averaged 41.3 PPG as the primary participant preserving the Cavaliers within the sequence. With the Cavaliers going through elimination, I count on Mitchell to present it his finest go and produce one other robust effort in Sport 5. — Snellings

Aaron Gordon over 23.5 whole factors and rebounds (-110). Gordon has quietly been taking part in a few of his finest basketball in years, even outdoors of the entire clutch pictures which have earned him a lot consideration. Gordon has averaged 17.5 PPG and seven.5 RPG (26.0 P+R) in his 11 playoffs video games total, and has been even higher this spherical towards the Thunder. In his final 4 video games, Gordon has averaged 17.3 PPG and 10.8 RPG (28.1 P+R). He has not less than 24 mixed factors and rebounds in six of his final seven — Snellings

Projections and damage stories

Basketball Energy Index by ESPN Analytics. Harm aggregation by Rotowire.com. Odds by ESPN BET

All instances ET.

Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers
7 p.m.

Line: Pacers +7.5 (-110) | Cavaliers -7.5 (-110)
Cash line: Pacers +250 | Cavaliers -300
Complete: 229.5 (-115 O, -105 U)
BPI Projection: Cavaliers by 0.8, straight up 53%, 233.5 whole factors.

Harm Report:
Pacers: Isaiah Jackson, (OFS – Achilles)
Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell, (GTD – Ankle)

Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
9:30 p.m.

Line: Nuggets +10.5 (-110) | Thunder -10.5 (-110)
Cash line: Nuggets +380 | Thunder -550
Complete: 221.5 (-105 O, -115 U)
BPI Projection: Thunder by 4.3, straight up 64%, 228.9 whole factors.

Harm Report:
Nuggets: Hunter Tyson, (OUT – Ankle); DaRon Holmes II, (OFS – Achilles)
Thunder: Nikola Subject, (OFS – Knee)