{"id":341643,"date":"2025-04-25T11:48:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=341643"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:48:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:48:41","slug":"pacers-vs-bucks-game-3-nba-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/pacers-vs-bucks-game-3-nba-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers vs. Bucks SGP predictions Game 3: Bet on Siakam to score, Indiana to cover alt spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Milwaukee Bucks are looking to get back in their first-round series tonight when they host the Indiana Pacers for Game 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Milwaukee dropped Games 1 and 2 on the road but is favoured tonight. I&#8217;d prefer to bank some points with Indiana while also backing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/pascal_siakam\">Pascal Siakam<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/damian_lillard\">Damian Lillard<\/a> in a +280 SGP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Pacers vs. Bucks playoff SGP predictions for Game 3 on Friday, April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pacers vs. Bucks predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Pacers +8.5 | Lillard 6+ assists | Siakam 20+ points (+250)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Pacers +8.5 <\/strong><\/strong>(-180):<\/strong> Indiana earned a pair of comfortable victories to start the series, covering the spread both times. So sign me up for this amount of cushion in Game 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the series opener, the Pacers won by 19 points as 6-point favourites. They followed that up with an 8-point win as 4.5-point favourites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indiana has covered a +8.5 spread in five straight games against Milwaukee, dating back to Dec. 31.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lillard&#8217;s insertion into the series is a boost for the Bucks, but I&#8217;m not sold on him being a game-breaking scorer after missing more than a month of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And behind Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks just don&#8217;t have the depth to match the Pacers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana has seven players who averaged 10.0 PPG or more this season, and the team ranked ninth this year in offensive rating (one spot ahead of Milwaukee).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pacers have covered a +8.5 spread in 18 of their past 21 road games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112977\">Embed: #112977<\/a><\/p>\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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Lillard 6+ assists <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-200):<\/strong> I took Lillard over 6.5 assists (-108) as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-25-2025\">one of my top prop bets<\/a> for Friday night, so naturally I&#8217;m keen to back him on a milestone like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lillard didn&#8217;t get into an offensive rhythm in Game 2 \u2014 his first NBA action since March 18 \u2014 finishing with 14 points on 30.8% shooting. But he did chip in with seven assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In five games against the Pacers this season, Lillard has averaged 8.8 assists and cashed this bet four times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Betting Pros, Indiana allowed the 11th-most assists per game to opposing point guards (8.99), and Lillard has clearly taken advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Siakam 20+ points<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-124):<\/strong> At this price, Siakam&#8217;s milestone points prop is playable on its own. But it also takes this SGP from +132 to +280, and that has my attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This season, Siakam is 6-0 against this prop when facing the Bucks. He&#8217;s averaged 24.2 PPG vs. Milwaukee. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>So far this series, Siakam has shot 18-for-31 (58.1%) from the floor and is a perfect 8-for-8 from the free-throw line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Will things be tougher on Siakam now that he&#8217;s playing on the road? Maybe, but last year&#8217;s playoff showdown against the Bucks wouldn&#8217;t suggest that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siakam 2-1 against this prop in Milwaukee last postseason, scoring 35-plus points in two of those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Siakam now has 20-plus points in eight of his past nine playoff games (he had 19 points in the outlier).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pacers vs. Bucks predictions made at 11:30 a.m. ET 04\/25\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Milwaukee Bucks are looking to get back in their first-round series tonight when they host the Indiana Pacers for Game 3. The pregame narrative: Milwaukee dropped Games 1 and 2 on the road but is favoured tonight. I&#8217;d prefer to bank some points with Indiana while also backing Pascal Siakam and Damian Lillard in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":341644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-341643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pacers vs. Bucks predictions Game 3: NBA playoffs SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 3 Pacers vs. Bucks SGP predictions. 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