The national media didn’t have high expectations for the Indiana Pacers, even if we here at 8 Points, 9 Seconds did.
But while we can debate exactly where this Pacers team is headed, the people who make money predicting these things are losing faith in Indiana, which isn’t a surprise.
Bovada dropped the Pacers to 66/1 odds (a 1.5% chance) after having them at 40/1 (2.5%) to win the NBA title. Bovada kept Indiana’s odds of winning the Eastern Conference at 28/1 (3.4%), however.
The oddsmaker did drop the Pacers chances of winning the Central Division to 20/1 (4.