{"id":351770,"date":"2025-06-08T12:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T16:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=351770"},"modified":"2025-06-08T12:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T16:21:14","slug":"pacers-vs-thunder-game-2-nba-finals-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/pacers-vs-thunder-game-2-nba-finals-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers vs. Thunder NBA Finals Game 2 SGP predictions: Back Gilgeous-Alexander, fade Haliburton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Game 2 of the NBA Finals is set for tip-off from Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> In Game 1, the Thunder were the latest victims of the Indiana Pacers&#8217; never-say-die tendencies. Indiana wiped away a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter for yet another stunning victory. OKC is a massive favourite to even the series tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Pacers vs. Thunder SGP predictions for Game 2 on June 8, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/shai_gilgeous_alexander\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/tyrese_haliburton\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/andrew_nembhard\">Andrew Nembhard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pacers vs. Thunder predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Gilgeous-Alexander 30+ points | Nembhard over 4.5 assists | Haliburton under 18.5 points (+300)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gilgeous-Alexander 30+ points (-278):<\/strong> It&#8217;s hard to view 30 points as a given, but it&#8217;s in that range for Gilgeous-Alexander on a nightly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The NBA MVP averaged a league-high 32.7 PPG this season. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 30+ points in 12 of his past 15 playoff games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He scored 38 points in Game 1 on mediocre shooting (14-of-30).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If SGA takes 30 shots again, this is really going to feel like a lock. And I wouldn&#8217;t say that&#8217;s out of the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander attempted 55 shots over the final two games of the Western Conference finals. Everyone knows that the OKC offence runs through him, but that doesn&#8217;t mean there&#8217;s an easy way to stop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OKC can ill afford to go down 0-2 in the Finals, obviously. The Hamilton, Ontario native should stay heavily involved to give his team its best chance to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:114625\">Embed: #114625<\/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>Nembhard over 4.5 assists <\/strong><\/strong>(-143):<\/strong> Nembhard isn&#8217;t the primary passer on the Pacers, but there&#8217;s still plenty of room for him to get over this line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at how Game 1 played out. Nembhard made half as many passes as Haliburton (45 vs. 89), but they finished with six assists apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That might seem like a fluke, but it&#8217;s important to remember that not all passes are created equal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to NBA.com&#8217;s tracking data, Nembhard had 12 potential assists, which are marked as passes that lead directly to a shot. Haliburton had 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the playoffs, Nembhard has averaged 8.8 potential assists per game, meaning roughly half would have to convert for him to cash this bet. That&#8217;s certainly doable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Aurora, Ontario native is 10-7 vs. this prop in the postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Haliburton under 18.5 points (-167):<\/strong> One reason why I like Nembhard&#8217;s assists prop is because the Pacers have so many capable scorers in their rotation. That&#8217;s also a reason to fade Haliburton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Game 1, Indiana had six scorers with 10-plus points. They had seven players averaging double figures during the regular season, so that type of balance isn&#8217;t an anomaly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pacers need Haliburton to ball out, certainly, but he doesn&#8217;t have to carry the scoring load on his own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had 14 points in the series-opening victory. That&#8217;s the fifth time this postseason that he went under this point total in an Indiana win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haliburton has now gone under this total in all three games vs. OKC this year. He averaged 18.6 PPG during the regular season, so fading this total against the league&#8217;s top defence makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pacers vs. Thunder predictions made at 11:56 a.m. ET 06\/08\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game 2 of the NBA Finals is set for tip-off from Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Sunday night. The pregame narrative: In Game 1, the Thunder were the latest victims of the Indiana Pacers&#8217; never-say-die tendencies. Indiana wiped away a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter for yet another stunning victory. OKC is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":351834,"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-351770","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. Thunder predictions Game 2: NBA Finals | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check our NBA Game 2 Pacers vs. Thunder SGP predictions. 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