{"id":352733,"date":"2025-06-15T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T15:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=352733"},"modified":"2025-06-15T12:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T16:47:15","slug":"pacers-vs-thunder-prop-picks-game-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/pacers-vs-thunder-prop-picks-game-5-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers vs. Thunder NBA Finals prop picks Game 5: Target Chet Holmgren, Pascal Siakam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NBA Finals shift back to Oklahoma City with the Thunder and Indiana Pacers tied at two games apiece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Not many predicted a competitive Finals, but that&#8217;s what fans got, and it&#8217;s outlived expectations so far. One of these teams will take an all-important 3-2 lead in this series after Game 5 on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/chet_holmgren\">Chet Holmgren<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/pascal_siakam\">Pascal Siakam<\/a> in my Pacers vs. Thunder prop picks for June 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pacers vs. Thunder prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: Holmgren over 24.5 points\/rebounds (-114)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Thunder have finally realized that Indiana doesn&#8217;t have the personnel required to guard Holmgren down low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After logging under 30 minutes and failing to cash this wager in both Games 1 and 2, OKC unleashed its 7-foot-1 big man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 3:<\/strong> 34 mins, 20 points, 10 rebounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Game 4:<\/strong> 37 mins, 14 points, 15 rebounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When he plays important starter minutes, the points\/rebounds have piled up. It&#8217;s also encouraging that he breezed past this line without hitting a 3 in those games (0-for-7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he continues to be on the court as much as he should be, he&#8217;s going to have a lot of opportunities to score and collect rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> The Pacers gave up the second-most PR to power forwards in the regular season (35.37), per Fantasy Pros. Holmgren started at PF in Game 4 beside Isaiah Hartenstein at centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:114831\">Embed: #114831<\/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\">Game 5 prop prediction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Siakam over 10.5 rebounds\/assists (-112):<\/strong> Siakam has found other ways to contribute besides scoring against the NBA&#8217;s best defensive team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He is averaging 7.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the Finals (3-1 against this line).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Siakam finished with 10 rebounds\/assists in the outlier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Toronto Raptor has been showing off his ability as a playmaker, recording at least three assists in every game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siakam&#8217;s also grabbed six or more rebounds in all four games so far, showing off a solid floor as a stat stuffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m going to keep riding his momentum at a good price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pacers vs. Thunder prop picks made at 9:52 a.m. ET 06\/15\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA Finals shift back to Oklahoma City with the Thunder and Indiana Pacers tied at two games apiece. The pregame narrative: Not many predicted a competitive Finals, but that&#8217;s what fans got, and it&#8217;s outlived expectations so far. One of these teams will take an all-important 3-2 lead in this series after Game 5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":352761,"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-352733","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 picks: NBA Finals Game 5 prop bets | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 5 Pacers vs. Thunder picks. 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