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NBA Playoffs Expert Free Picks for Thursday, May 2
Our VI basketball betting experts have compiled their NBA picks for Thursday, May 2 and they're focusing on the matchups below:
- Milwaukee Bucks vs Indiana Pacers (6:30 p.m. ET)
- New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers (9:00 p.m. ET)
Bucks vs Pacers Free Picks
That buzz you might hearing from Brew Town is that both Giannis and Dame Lillard are, in the words of HC Doc Rivers, "very, very, very close" to returning to active duty as Milwaukee seeks to stay alive in this first-round matchup.
Lillard would seem the more likely to give it a go with his strained Achilles, but worth noting the Bucks didn't need either of them when rolling past the Pacers 115-92 in a stay-alive Game 5 on Tuesday night, when Khris Middleton and Bobby Portis both scored 29.
While that also marked the Pacers' low-water scoring mark of the season, it was also highly consistent effort-wise from one of the most rollercoaster teams we can recall in the NBA.
The important angle to consider might not be the Bucks trying to stay alive but rather how the Pacers have bounced back from an off-night, as they haven't suffered back-to-back spread defeats in two months.
Play Pacers
Knicks vs 76ers Free Picks
The Philadelphia 76ers pulled off a big comeback in the final seconds of regulation thanks to some heroics from Tyrese Maxey. They then won in overtime at Madison Square Garden. Now, the 76ers come home to play a huge game six down 3-2 in the series.
The pace in this series is very slow. The average pace is 91 possessions. With that pace, it takes 1.10 points per possession to get to this total. The defense has been much better in the last couple games of this series.
There is a lot of long term data showing that close out games in the NBA playoffs have been great to under bettors. That is especially the case if it is game six or game seven. Blindly betting playoff close out games in game 6 or game 7 to the under has an ROI of 16% in the last 15 years. This spot is 9-1 in the last 10 situations.
This game fits the situation and I think both defenses will be ready to go in this key game on Thursday night.
Take the under.
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