Bets, lines and stats for Celtics-Pacers Game 4 - ESPN

The Boston Celtics look for the sweep Monday night while the Indiana Pacers try to force the series back to Boston for a Game 5. The Celtics dealt the Pacers a crushing defeat in Game 3, in a game the Pacers led by as many as 18 points before the Celtics came back and won.

Was that loss the straw that broke the series, with the Celtics likely to win Game 4 in a blowout? Or will the Pacers bounce back yet again and continue to prove they can compete against a team as strong as the Celtics? Let's discuss, with an eye on potential angles for Monday's action.

Pacers +7.5 points (-105). The Pacers are down 3-0 after three heartbreaking losses, none more-so than their 3-point loss after an 18-point lead in Game 3. While such a loss could be hard to come back from, this Pacers team has proven resilient all season and all playoffs long. They are playing at home, and all the close losses have proven they can compete with this Celtics squad whether Tyrese Haliburton (GTD, hamstring) plays or not. In their past five matchups against the Celtics, including the playoffs, the Pacers are only 1-4, but the average scoring margin has only been 5.4 points with only one game, Game 2, yielding a Celtics win larger than 7.5 points. In Game 4, I look for the Pacers to play with pace and with pride, and to keep the game competitive once again.

Pacers and Celtics over 222.5 total points (-115). These two teams have played eight times this season, and the average combined score in those eight games has been 243.9 PPG. They have scored at least 225 combined points in seven of the eight games, including in all three playoffs games so far. It is unclear whether the Pacers will have Haliburton on the court, but without him they play an even faster