The Indiana Pacers were just minutes away from taking a 3-1 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder last time out, but the contest slipped away and the NBA Finals now sit 2-2. On Monday night, Tyrese Haliburton and Co. head back on the road for a pivotal Game 5 for which the stakes can’t get much higher.
Here’s the top Tyrese Haliburton prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for Pacers vs. Thunder Game 5 tonight.
Best Tyrese Haliburton prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook
The Pacers enter Monday’s contest as a nine-point underdog on DraftKings Sportsbook. They hold +320 odds on the Moneyline with a game total of 224.5.
Haliburton’s prop lines read 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 8.5 assists, and 2.5 three-pointers. His combo line for PTS + REB + AST line sits at 30.5 across the board.
Haliburton has largely played well in these Finals, but he hasn’t quite hit his ceiling as he fights an elite Thunder defense. Over these four games, the floor general averages 17.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 7.5 assists per outing.
The Pacers generally protect the ball very well and don’t surrender a ton of turnovers. Haliburton was at the crux of this ball security all season long, and he has nine games with just one or fewer turnovers this postseason. However, Oklahoma City and their stable of defensive standouts have bothered Haliburton quite a bit as he’s coughed the ball up at least three times in every game of these NBA Finals. He tallied four or more in three of those four games, too, so over 2.5 turnovers is one of the top Haliburton prop bets at -125 odds tonight.
With such high stakes in tonight’s matchup, I do expect Haliburton to work harder in the scoring column. He’s only tallied over 17.5 points twice in this series but has done so 11 times in 20 playoff games, so at -115 odds, the over does hold some appeal here. The star recently spoke about how he needs to come out aggressively to begin games and he took at least 15 shots in each of his last two contests, a higher mark than his 13 attempts in Games 1 and 2. With that in mind, watch for him to try and carry more of the scoring load here.
