{"id":345897,"date":"2025-05-11T12:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=345897"},"modified":"2025-05-11T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:53:14","slug":"cavaliers-vs-pacers-game-4-nba-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/cavaliers-vs-pacers-game-4-nba-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers vs. Pacers SGP predictions Game 4: Bet on Mitchell and Mobley to carry Cleveland&#8217;s offence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers are at full strength, looking to even up their series with the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The Cavs were without key pieces for the first couple of games of this second-round matchup and went down 2-0 in the process. With the starting five healthy, Cleveland handily won Game 3 and is the favourite to even things up on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Cavaliers vs. Pacers SGP predictions for May 11, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/evan_mobley\">Evan Mobley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/donovan_mitchell\">Donovan Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cavaliers vs. Pacers predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Cavaliers ML | Mobley over 28.5 points and rebounds | Mitchell 3+ threes (+290)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Cavaliers ML <\/strong><\/strong>(-215):<\/strong> Game 3 was the first time in this series that the Cavaliers had a healthy starting five, and they looked like the regular season team that won 64 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darius Garland missed the first two contests while Evan Mobley missed Game 2. With both available on Friday, Cleveland won 126-104.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That effort was fuelled by a 34-13 second quarter that gave Cleveland a lead it never lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After losing both home games, that was exactly the momentum shift the Cavs needed to get back into this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being down 2-1, the Cavs have been one of the better teams in these playoffs overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They have the league&#8217;s best offensive rating (127.4). The Oklahoma City Thunder rank second (118.2).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They have the fourth-best defensive rating (107.7).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleveland ranks better than Indiana in both of those categories and is the more talented team when at full strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113653\">Embed: #113653<\/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>Mobley over 28.5 points and rebounds <\/strong>(-108):<\/strong> Mobley has dominated down low when available in this series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 1:<\/strong> 20 points, 10 rebounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Game 3:<\/strong> 18 points, 13 rebounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s because this is a great matchup for the power forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of any team remaining in the playoffs, the Pacers allowed the most points per game to the position this season (23.93), per Fantasy Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana also conceded the second-most rebounds per game by any team during the regular season (11.28).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mobley has shot a combined 15-for-25 (60.0%) through his two games and should continue to shine for the Cavs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Mitchell 3+ threes<\/strong> (-220):<\/strong> Mitchell took a step back this year, taking the fewest shots per game (18.6) since he was a rookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That continued in the first round since Cleveland comfortably handled the Miami Heat, but now Mitchell is shouldering a heavier offensive load, and the results look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 1:<\/strong> 33 points, 13-for-30 from the field (1-for-11 from 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 2:<\/strong> 48 points, 15-for-30 from the field (1-for-7 from 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 3:<\/strong> 43 points, 14-for-29 from the field (5-for-13 from 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He hasn&#8217;t been an efficient 3-point shooter to this point, but that volume is extremely encouraging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, he&#8217;s coming off his best shooting game of the series in Indiana and should continue to see a hefty number of shot attempts with the Cavaliers needing another win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell shot 36.8% from deep during the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cavaliers vs. Pacers predictions made at 11:30 a.m. ET 05\/11\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers are at full strength, looking to even up their series with the Indiana Pacers. The pregame narrative: The Cavs were without key pieces for the first couple of games of this second-round matchup and went down 2-0 in the process. With the starting five healthy, Cleveland handily won Game 3 and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":345917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83,12],"class_list":["post-345897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-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>Cavaliers vs. Pacers predictions Game 4: NBA playoffs SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 4 Cavaliers vs. Pacers SGP predictions. 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