The winner of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament will be crowned when the Los Angeles Lakers meet the Indiana Pacers in Las Vegas at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Lakers as 4-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 243.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page).
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The model knows the Lakers have crushed the in-season tournament. Los Angeles has a stellar +20.2 net rating in the tournament, including the league's best defensive rating (102.3). The Lakers pounded the New Orleans Pelicans by a 44-point margin on Thursday, shooting 55% from the field and 49% from 3-point range. Los Angeles also held New Orleans to 36% shooting from the field and 23% from 3-point range.
The model also knows the Pacers are unquestionably excellent on offense. Indiana is scoring 1.27 points per possession in In-Season Tournament games, posting 62.3% true shooting in those contests. That includes a 128-point showing against Milwaukee on Thursday. The Pacers generated 30 assists and only turnovers in that game, with Tyrese Haliburton producing 27 points, 15 assists, seven rebounds, and no turnovers.
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