Indiana Pacers 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
Under the leadership of 4th-year head coach Rick Carlisle, the Indiana Pacers have shown improvement every campaign. This year, the Pacers ended up 4th seed in the Eastern Conference for the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Indiana does not have a dominant superstar but instead relies on a strong team format for its success. The betting public took notice of the Pacers, who finished the 2024-25 season in the red. Still, Indiana has become an impressive franchise that is on the upswing. They are no longer a team that is ignored on the NBA board.
The 2025 NBA Playoffs were a bittersweet experience for the Pacers. Indiana lost the NBA Finals to the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games.
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The Indiana Pacers had a final regular season record of 50-32 straight up, 36-45-1 against the spread, and 43-36 over/under the total. Indiana was 4th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Indiana was 14 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Indiana ranked 7th in NBA metrics for scoring offense, 3rd in field goal percentage, 9th in 3-point field goal percentage, 9th in free throw percentage, and 28th in offensive rebounding. On defense, the Pacers ranked 19th in scoring defense, 23rd in field goal percentage allowed, 9th in 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 23rd in defensive rebounding.
Key Players
F Pascal Siakam was a key contributor to the 2019 Toronto Raptors NBA championship team and is a 3-time NBA All-Star, including this season. This season, Siakam averaged 20.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.
PF Tyrese Haliburton is a 2-time NBA All-Star. This season, Haliburton averaged 18.6 points and 9.2 assists per contest.
SG Benedict Mathurin averaged 16.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest as a key contributor for Indiana.
C Myles Turner was another asset for the Pacers. Turn averaged 15.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
Head Coach
Head coach Rick Carlisle is one of the most accomplished leaders in NBA history. Carlisle was the 2002 NBA Coach of the Year and led the 2011 Dallas Mavericks to the 2011 NBA championship. He is best known for leading Dallas to a franchise renaissance with owner Mark Cuban. He has a career record of 993-860 in the regular season.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
50 |
32 |
2nd, Central |
Lost in NBA Finals, 3–4 (Thunder) |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
47 |
35 |
3rd, Central |
Lost in Conference Finals, 0–4 (Celtics) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
35 |
47 |
4th, Central |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
25 |
57 |
4th, Central |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
34 |
38 |
2nd, Central |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2019–20 |
73 |
45 |
28 |
2nd, Central |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Heat) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
48 |
34 |
2nd, Central |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Celtics) |
Indiana Pacers History
It made a great deal of sense for the ABA to establish a team in basketball-mad Indiana. The Indiana Pacers were an ABA expansion team in 1967 and were arguably the best team in the history of the league, competing against the NBA. Indiana made the playoffs in all nine years of the ABA’s existence, and the Pacers went to the ABA Finals five times. They won three ABA championships, more than any other team in the league.
Due to the entry fee required to join the NBA, the Indiana Pacers struggled for their first dozen years in the new league. They only made the playoffs twice, and they didn’t become a consistent contender until the 1990s. That’s when the arrival of Reggie Miller made the Pacers one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, and the team went on to make seven straight playoff appearances. Miller led the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, but they lost in seven games to the New York Knicks in 1994 and fell in seven games to the Orlando Magic in 1995.
Indiana did finally win the Eastern Conference in 2000, with The Hick from French Lick coaching the team. Larry Bird led the Pacers to a 56-26 record, as Miller, Jalen Rose, Mark Jackson, and Rik Smits finally knocked off the Knicks to make the NBA Finals. However, they fell to the Los Angeles Lakers in the finals.
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