NBA Play-In Tournament - Charlotte Hornets @ Indiana Pacers: Best Betting Picks, Props and Parlay, Tuesday May 18, 2021

The NBA Play-in Tournament is here and to start us off we've got the Indiana Pacers and Charlotte Hornets locking horns to determine who will continue on their march to the NBA postseason.

It's Tuesday May 18, and, as always, we've simulated all of tonight's play-in game 10,000 times, determining where the value lies for bettors across the United States.

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‍💰 BEST BET

BET: 🔥 Indiana at the moneyline with Unibet (-143)

📈 62.1% probability

It's win-or-go-home time for one of these two and our data projections has the class of the Indiana Pacers to be too much for the surprise-packet Charlotte Hornets. Sabonis has been a monster for Indy lately, averaging a near triple-double over the last few weeks of the season and should have another big outing. The Hornets are on the rise, but a combination of inexperience and injury will mean that they'll be the first team turfed out of the play-in tournament.

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🧨 BEST PROP

PLAYER: Domantas Sabonis

BET: 🔥 OVER 22.5 points with PointsBet (-104)

As mentioned above, the difference in this game will be Sabonis who will be playing big minutes in this do-or-die game. In games where Sabonis plays 36 minutes or more this season, he averages right on 22 points. Given the heightened stakes at play, expect the big man to take the lead on powering the offense.

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💥 BETMGM'S ONE GAME PARLAY

We're going all-in on the Pacers and Sabonis with our One Game Parlay, mixing some of our top plays and adding in Caris LeVert who has put up multiple 30-point games over the past two week stretch.

🔥 Pacers ML
🔥 Sabonis o22.5 points
🔥 Sabonis o13.5 rebounds
🔥 LeVert o25.5 points

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