Philadelphia 76ers vs. Indiana Pacers – Condensed Game

The 39-23 Indiana Pacers will travel to South Beach to face the 46-14 Miami Heat in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night. Tip off time from Miami is scheduled for 6PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV.

The NBA odds rom this contest has the home team Miami Heat favored by -7 points with an over under line of 190 points. There has been no line movement since the odds were released from the NBA a few hours ago.

The teams met twice this season with Indiana winning and covering the point spread in each game. Both games were played at Indiana.

The Pacers have a road mark of 14-16 on the year. They win for the eighth time in ten games after a 115-86 road victory on Friday night at the Orlando Magic as a -9 point betting favorite. The game finished over 189 points. Indiana posted the 53-38 lead at the half in victory. The Pacers shot 51.8% from the floor and converted on 11 of 19 three pointers. They held the Magic to 39% shooting and grabbed seven more rebounds than Orlando. Indiana forced 21 Magic turnovers. Paul George led the Pacers with 25 points and five rebounds on 8 of 12 makes from the field. Indiana is a top two defense this season in all three important areas which are points allowed per game along with field goal and three point defense. Opponents score just 89.5 points a game against Indiana.

Miami is 28-3 straight up on their home court. The Heat wins their 17th straight game following a 102-93 home win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night as a -13 point betting favorite. The game finished right at the closing line of 195 points. The Heat shot 53.2% from the floor and converted on 8 of 21 from three point distance. They pulled down six more rebounds than the 76ers and allowed Philadelphia 48.1% shooting. LeBron James had 25 points and ten rebounds on 10 of 17 shooting. The Miami offense rolls at home as the team averages 107.7 points per game along with 51% shooting. The make nearly 41% of their three pointers on their home court.

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid wanted the ball down the stretch and the 76ers were happy to give it to him.

Embiid scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead Philadelphia to its first victory of the season, 109-105 over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.

Ersan Ilyasova added 14 points for Philadelphia, which was the last winless team in the NBA. The 76ers snapped a 44-game losing streak in October and November that dated to Nov. 22, 2013.

And they can thank Embiid, the No. 3 pick of the 2014 draft who missed the last two seasons due to a broken foot but has returned as a leading Rookie of the Year candidate.

“I want to be the best player and every time I step on the court, I think I’m the best player,” Embiid said. “And if the team needs me to do that kind of stuff — I think I’ve still got a long way to go — but I can do those types of things.”

Embiid, on a minutes restriction, played just 25 minutes.

“Joel brought us home with some individual brute strength,” Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said. “He came in and won the game for us. Joel was the focal point at the end.”

Paul George had 26 points and Monta Ellis added 19 for the Pacers.

After scoring nine points over a 2 1/2-minute stretch late in regulation, Embiid put the Sixers in front for good with a three-point play with 55 seconds left in overtime that made it 107-105. The Pacers turned it over on their ensuing possession and Embiid then came up big again, corralling a loose ball after he missed a jumper and then making a pair of free throws with 8.6 seconds left to put Philadelphia up four.

“It just feels good to finally get the chance to close a game out, which we haven’t been doing,” Embiid said. “Getting a chance to make shots in the clutch is a learning process for me and you’ve got to trust it.”

The teams completed a home-and-home after the Pacers won 122-115 in overtime in Indiana on Wednesday night. Jeff Teague had 30 points and nine assists, and George had 28 points and eight rebounds on Wednesday.

“We executed in our last game down the stretch; they executed tonight,” Pacers coach Nate McMillan said. “Our offense wasn’t sharp down the stretch. The things we need to do to win a ballgame, we didn’t do.”

Embiid didn’t play on Wednesday as he eases back into action.

“He’s a big man and made plays down the stretch,” McMillan said.

The Sixers looked like they were going to lose yet another November game after blowing five-point lead with 25.4 seconds left in regulation.

But the 76ers couldn’t hold on.

Ellis converted a three-point play with 22 seconds left. After Philadelphia coach Brett Brown called timeout, Teague stripped Sergio Rodriguez to give the Pacers possession. George was fouled and made a pair of free throws to tie it at 100 with 2.8 seconds left.

Embiid’s game-winning attempt in regulation went long.

HELPING OUT

Philadelphia’s Jahlil Okafor, who had offseason knee surgery, wasn’t scheduled to play on Friday night in order to rest for Saturday’s game at Atlanta. But Okafor was called into action in the first half and went scoreless in two minutes.

STREAK SNAPPED

The 76ers ended a six-game losing streak to the Pacers. Indiana still has won 10 of the last 12 against Philadelphia.

The 40-25 Indiana Pacers will travel on a back to back when they face the 24-40 Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Philadelphia is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV.

The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the road team Indiana Pacers favored by -3 ½ points with an over under line of 184 points .Early money from the bettors has landed on Philadelphia as the spread opened up a few hours ago with Indiana a -4 point betting favorite.

The Pacers have a road record of 14-17 on the season. They come off the 99-93 home defeat on Friday night to the LA Lakers as a -8 ½ point betting favorite. The game went over the total of 191 points. Indiana gets outscored by the Lakers 31-24 in the final period in defeat. The Pacers shoot just 37.4% from the floor and converted on 12 of 27 from three. They held LA to 42.3% shooting but were a victim of hot Lakers three point shooting to the tune of 13 of 26 from beyond the arc. Indiana failed to take advantage of a plus six rebounding advantage. George Hill led the Pacers with 27 points on 11 of 19 shooting. Despite some outstanding defensive numbers the team has struggled for much of the season on the offensive end of the court. They are 23rd in the NBA in scoring offense and shooting percentage as the Pacers average just 94.2 points a game as well as 43.5% shooting from the floor.

The 76ers are 18-17 on their home court. They lose for the eighth time in ten games following a 98-94 home defeat on Wednesday to the Miami Heat as a +8 point underdog. The game finished under 193 points. Philadelphia fell behind 51-39 at the half in their loss. The team shot 47.1% from the floor and made 7 of 18 three pointers. They allowed the Heat 46.7% shooting plus sent Miami to the free throw line 15 more times. Thaddeus Young for the 76ers had 24 points and 15 rebounds on 11 of 20 shooting. In the playoff chase the team is in the 10th seed in the Eastern conference and 8 ½ games behind eighth seeded Milwaukee Bucks. The 76ers have struggled all season with scoring. They rank 28th and third last in the NBA in scoring offense with just 92.4 points per game.

The Indiana Pacers will travel to face the New York Knicks in an NBA pro basketball game scheduled for Wednesday night.

Tip off time from Madison Square Garden in New York is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN TV.

The wagering odds from this NBA game has the road side Indiana Pacers favored by -2 ½ points with an over under line set at 195 ½ points.

Indiana has won four straight to improve to 50-17 following the 99-90 home victory on Monday to the Philadelphia 76ers as a -19 point wagering favorite. The game went under 203 ½ points.