I will not be surprised if by the end of the game the Pacers came out the winner or the lead is reduced to a single digit.
But I think OKC treats this game as a do-or-die. They will have to take at least one in their court whatever happens or they are in danger of losing this championship.
Not this time - OKC made sure they werent going to repeat what happened in Game 1, and they got the win by double digits. But thats just one game; the series is now tied 1-1. For Game 3, I think Im going to back the Pacers to win. Im also curious, what are the current series odds now that its tied?
I think the result and the way this game went was everything most people expected it to be, a convincing blowout to tie the series. The Pacers manage to often cut into the lead but this time OKC managed to limit their runs, seems like they actually learned from their mistakes from game 1.
This game hartenstein came from the bench again but at least clocked 22 minutes. While again being limited he managed to get the most rebounds for OKC (
, also he had the 2nd biggest +/- of all OKC players with +17, that says a lot about his impact I think.
Going to Indiana now I expect OKC to win game 3 and take home court advantage right back from them. Looking at early odds OKC is a 5 point favorite already, so I think that's a clear sign Vegas expects them to win as well.
