Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets Prediction NBA Picks 12/4/24

The Indiana Pacers travel to the Barclays Center to take on the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night. Here’s an Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets Prediction. This article will include an Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets Pick.

The Indiana Pacers have been struggling for form as they’ve lost eight of their last 12 games overall and they will be hoping to avoid a fourth straight defeat after getting routed by the Raptors in a 122-111 road defeat last night. Tyrese Haliburton led the team with 30 points and six assists, Bennedict Mathurin added 17 points while Myles Turner chipped in with 16 points and three blocks. As a team, the Pacers shot 45 percent from the field and 12 of 30 from the 3-point line as they struggled to keep pace with the Raptors from the start, falling behind by 65-48 going into halftime, before they poured in 36 points in the third quarter to make it interesting at the end. The Pacers will meet the Bulls, Hornets, and 76ers after this game.

Meanwhile, the Brooklyn Nets have been in a rut as they’ve lost seven of their last 11 games overall and they will be hoping to arrest a three-game slide after getting trampled by the Bulls in a 128-102 road defeat on Monday. Dariq Whitehead led the team with 18 points off the bench, Dennis Schroder added 16 points with 10 assists while Tyrese Martin chipped in with 15 points. As a team, the Nets shot just 40 percent from the field and 14 of 42 from the 3-point line as they did their best to stay within striking distance in the first half, only to get smashed by 72-52 in the second half as they just had no answers for the Bulls’ guards who tore them to shreds. The Nets will face the Hawks following this one.

Why the Brooklyn Nets will win

• The Pacers have lost each of their last seven road games.
• The home team has won nine of the Pacers’ last 10 games.
• The Pacers have failed to cover the spread in each of their last nine games.
• The underdogs have covered the spread in each of the last eight games between the Pacers and Nets at Barclays Center.

The Pacers are still missing Ben Sheppard and Aaron Nesmith, while the Nets are keeping an eye on Cameron Johnson and Dorian Finney-Smith but they have good news in that Ben Simmons is expected to return. The Pacers just haven’t been able to get it going at all this season and they didn’t look good in last night’s loss to the struggling Raptors, but the Nets haven’t exactly been much better as they’ve lost their last three games. You couldn’t back either side with too much confidence these days, but the Nets represent decent value as the home underdogs in this spot, so that’s where I am leaning.