Throughout the postseason, DraftKings Sportsbook is offering an amazing profit boost promotion. If you create a same game parlay (SGP) for Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and the Thunder, you’ll then be issued a single-use Profit Boost Token. The only catch? The parlay has to be at least three legs with odds of at least +300 or longer. Seems simple enough, right? So simple I think I’ll whip one up right now.
After yet another incredible Pacers’ comeback victory, here’s my favorite same game parlay for Sunday’s tilt between Indiana and Oklahoma City.
Pacers vs. Thunder Same Game Parlay
- Thunder Spread (-11)
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 42+ Points + Assists
- Cason Wallace 1+ Three-Pointer Made
Thunder Spread (-11)
We’re going back to the well with the Thunder, who have opened as even larger favorites in Game 2 than they were in Game 1. Oklahoma City is now 7-2 in home playoff games, with those two losses each involving a blown double-digit lead in the fourth quarter. Is there a chance that Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers are the most clutch entity on Earth? Yes. Just ask Knicks fans. However, I’ll continue to side with the larger sample, and that sample says that the Thunder have outscored their opponents by a whopping 22.0 points per 100 possessions at the Paycom Center in the postseason. Oklahoma City forced 25 turnovers on Thursday, but everyone not named Lu Dort couldn’t shoot at all from distance. I’ll take my chances that the Thunder make a few more shots in Game 2.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 42+ Points + Assists
By now, we’re all aware of Gilgeous-Alexander’s prolific scoring touch in these playoffs. After dropping 38 points in Game 1, the Canadian guard has now exceeded the 30-point plateau in eight of his last nine starts. For the whole of the postseason, Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 30.2 points per contest, and if a massive 37.3% usage rate on Thursday night is any indication, that pace isn’t going to slow down any time soon. Really, for this purposes of this prop, it’s the assists that are a question mark. SGA only had three dimes in the 111-110 defeat, though that feels more like the result of an overall poor shooting performance from the Thunder than a knock on the All-Star. Oklahoma City finished Game 1 with just 13 total assists and a putrid 39.8% field goal percentage. Gilgeous-Alexander ranks fifth in the playoffs in potential assists per contest (15.1), when his teammates start making some open looks, his assist total won’t be a worry. Speaking of…
Cason Wallace 1+ Three-Pointer Made
The big news prior to tip-off in Game 1 was Cason Wallace moving into the Thunder’s starting five for the first time in the postseason. With the Pacers lacking the size of the Nuggets or the Timberwolves, Mark Daigneault decided to matchup up with Andrew Nembhard and Aaron Nesmith and go a little smaller. The result was Wallace logging 33.3 minutes in the loss — the most time he’s seen on the floor in these playoffs. Despite the defeat, I’m not expecting Daigneault to overreact. I assume he’ll stick with the same starting lineup and that Wallace will see a similar role in Game 2. The former lottery pick didn’t hit a three on Thursday, yet he’s a career 38.9% shooter from beyond the arc. If he gets three attempts from distance again, he’s sure to knock down one of them. Hopefully, it’s off a pass from Gilgeous-Alexander.
