{"id":340984,"date":"2025-04-22T12:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340984"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:08:22","slug":"bucks-vs-pacers-game-2-nba-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/bucks-vs-pacers-game-2-nba-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks vs. Pacers SGP predictions Game 2: Back Damian Lillard to score in his return at +310"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Milwaukee Bucks get a much-needed shot in the arm when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/damian_lillard\">Damian Lillard<\/a> returns to take on the Indiana Pacers in Game 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Lillard hasn&#8217;t played since March 18, and Milwaukee got smoked without him in the series opener. Bet on the Bucks to cover an alternate spread and Lillard to score in this +310 SGP, which also features Indiana&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/pascal_siakam\">Pascal Siakam<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Bucks vs. Pacers play-in SGP predictions for April 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bucks vs. Pacers predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Bucks +8.5 | Lillard 20+ points | Siakam 6+ rebounds (+310)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112771\">Embed: #112771<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Bucks +8.5 <\/strong>(-220):<\/strong> Will Lillard&#8217;s presence be enough to turn the tide of this series in Milwaukee&#8217;s favour? It&#8217;s hard to say, but I&#8217;m banking on the Bucks at least keeping Game 2 close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milwaukee went 8-6 with Lillard following the all-star break, covering a +6.5 spread in 11 of those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes a pair of contests against the Pacers, one of which the Bucks won (126-119 at home) and one they narrowly lost (115-114 on the road). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lillard&#8217;s defence is sub-par, and there&#8217;s no sugarcoating that. But the star point guard is a bona fide bucket-getter who has torched Indiana in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pacers are a mediocre 14-16-2 ATS as home favourites this year, while the Bucks are 10-8-1 as road underdogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milwaukee also covered this number in four straight games against Indiana prior to Game 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Lillard 20+ points <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(+110):<\/strong> Back to Lillard, who was sidelined since March with a blood clot in his calf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bucks general manager Jon Horst said, &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled for Dame &#8230; every step of (his) recovery has been at the direction of world-class medical professionals and their specific and strict protocols that have allowed for Dame&#8217;s safe and healthy return to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s encouraging to hear, and leads me to believe he&#8217;ll be near 100% for the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lillard played in four games against the Pacers in last year&#8217;s postseason, and he blew past this line each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 1:<\/strong> 35 points, 11-of-24 shooting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Game 2:<\/strong> 34 points, 10-of-21 shooting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Game 3:<\/strong> 28 points, 6-of-20 shooting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Game 6:<\/strong> 28 points, 7-of-16 shooting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It might take a few shots for Lillard to shake the rust off, but this milestone will be attainable if he has anywhere near the type of shot volume from the 2023-24 postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Siakam 6+ rebounds<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-250):<\/strong> Siakam had himself a night on Sunday, scoring 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting in the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I want to tap into his abilities as a rebounder for Tuesday&#8217;s matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Toronto Raptor is averaging 8.1 rebounds in his last 10 games against the Bucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7+ rebounds nine times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8+ rebounds five times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Myles Turner, Indiana&#8217;s centre, is averaging just 6.0 rebounds per game since the beginning of April. There&#8217;s no reason to believe Siakam&#8217;s production on the glass will taper off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bucks vs. Pacers predictions made at 12:05 p.m. ET 04\/22\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Milwaukee Bucks get a much-needed shot in the arm when Damian Lillard returns to take on the Indiana Pacers in Game 2. The pregame narrative: Lillard hasn&#8217;t played since March 18, and Milwaukee got smoked without him in the series opener. Bet on the Bucks to cover an alternate spread and Lillard to score [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":341035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-340984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bucks vs. Pacers predictions Game 2: NBA playoffs SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 2 Bucks vs. Pacers SGP predictions. 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