Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Indiana Pacers will travel out west to face the Golden St Warriors in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night.
Tip off time from Golden St is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The point spread opened with the road club Indiana Pacers favored by -3 points with an over under lined at 188 points.
Early money from the bettors has landed on the home underdog as the Indiana Pacers are now favored by -2 ½ points.
The total has not moved off the opening line of 188 points.
Indiana Pacers money line supporters will lay –145 odds with the home underdog Golden St Warriors returning +135 odds to get the upset win without the benefit of points on their side.
In their two meetings in the 2010-11 campaign each team won on their home court with Indiana covering the point spread in both games.
There was one over and one under.
Indiana will travel to Golden St with a record of 9-4 this season. The team is 4-4 on the road.
The Pacers put up 92 points with 41.5% shooting with 37.2% coming from beyond the arc. Indiana hits on 78.9% from the free throw line.
Defensively the club allows 89 points and 40.5% shooting. Teams connect on 32.1% from three against them.
The Pacers started their west coast trip with a 92-88 road defeat on Wednesday night to the Sacramento Kings as a -5 ½ point betting favorite.
The over under came in at under the total of 191 points.
Indiana fell on its face in the fourth quarter as they were outscored by the Kings by a 26-8 margin.
The Pacers made 43.6% of their shots with a poor 1 of 13 from beyond the arc.
Darren Collison had 16 points with six rebounds on 6 of 12 shooting.
Danny Granger contributed with 16 points as he made only 6 of his 17 shots.
David West and Rob Hibbert both had 13 points in the loss.
Indiana allowed Sacramento 30.1% shooting and 25.8% from beyond the arc.
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The Warriors will host Indiana with a mark of 5-9 this season. The team is 3-4 at home.
Golden St averages 95 points and hits on 45.3% from the floor with 34.7% coming from beyond the arc. The club hits on 71.9% from the free throw line.
The Warriors defensively give up 99 points with 45.5% shooting. Teams connect on 37.4% from three against them.
The team returns home after a 2-2 east coast road trip.
They are coming off the 107-100 road defeat on Wednesday night to the New Jersey Nets as a +3 point underdog.
The over under landed over the closing line of 197 points.
Golden St lost the game with a poor fourth quarter as they allowed the Nets to outscore them by a 27-17 margin.
The Warriors shot 51.4% from the field with 8 of 16 from the three point line.
Golden St was embarrassed in the rebounding department as they grabbed just 25 boards to the Nets 45.
Monta Ellis led New Jersey with 30 points and five assists with 11 of 20 shooting.
Dorell Wright had 17 points with five of seven from the floor.
David Lee and Klay Thompson had 12 points each in a losing cause.
They allowed the Nets 50% shooting with 11 of 29 coming from the three point line.
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