Who’s playing
Brooklyn Nets @ Indiana Pacers
Current records: Brooklyn 26-40, Indiana 37-30
How to watch
- When: Saturday March 16, 2024 at 7 p.m. ET
- Or: Gainbridge Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, Indiana
- TV: Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana
- Follow: CBS Sports app
- Online broadcast: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket cost: $14.04
What there is to know
The Nets are 8-2 against the Pacers since February 2021, and they will have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Brooklyn Nets’ road trip will continue as they take on the Indiana Pacers at 7 p.m. ET on March 16 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Both teams suffered a loss in their last match, so they will have a lot of motivation to win the “W”.
It’s hard to win when your three-point shooting is 16.9 percent worse than the opposition’s, a fact the Nets found out the hard way on Wednesday. They fell 114-106 to Orlando.
Meanwhile, the Pacers fought the good fight in their overtime game against the Bulls on Wednesday, but ended up with a less than desirable result. They fell just to the Bulls by a score of 132-129. The Pacers failed to live up to their potential and fell short of the advantage that oddsmakers thought they had going into the game.
This defeat does not tell the whole story, because several players had good matches. One of the most active was Myles Turner, who scored 27 points and seven rebounds. Ben Sheppard’s dreadful 0-5 three-point shooting was less helpful for the Pacers.
Brooklyn has struggled recently as they have lost three of their last four matchups, which took a major dent in their 26-40 record this season. As for Indiana, its loss dropped its record to 37-30.
In this competition, the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: the Nets haven’t given up the ball easily this season, averaging just 12 turnovers per game. However, it’s not like the Pacers struggled in this department as they averaged just 12.6 turnovers per game. Given these competing forces, it will be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
The Nets won in a close game against the Pacers in their previous meeting in December 2022, outscoring 136-133. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in this game was the Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton, who shot 7 of 8 from deep and nearly dropped a double-double with 35 points and nine assists. Now that he has a second chance to win this game, will the Nets still be able to contain Haliburton? There’s only one way to find out.
Odds
Indiana is a heavy 8.5 point favorite against Brooklyn, according to the latest NBA Odds.
Oddsmakers had a good idea of the line for this one, as the game opened with the Pacers as 7.5-point favorites.
The over/under is 228 points.
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History of the series
Brooklyn has won 8 of its last 10 games against Indiana.
- December 10, 2022 – Brooklyn 136 vs. Indiana 133
- November 25, 2022 – Indiana 128 vs. Brooklyn 117
- October 31, 2022 – Brooklyn 116 vs. Indiana 109
- October 29, 2022 – Indiana 125 vs. Brooklyn 116
- April 10, 2022 – Brooklyn 134 vs. Indiana 126
- January 5, 2022 – Brooklyn 129 vs. Indiana 121
- October 29, 2021 – Brooklyn 105 vs. Indiana 98
- April 29, 2021 – Brooklyn 130 vs. Indiana 113
- March 17, 2021 – Brooklyn 124 vs. Indiana 115
- February 10, 2021 – Brooklyn 104 vs. Indiana 94
