Free NBA Picks Today: Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets 12/10/22

The Brooklyn Nets (15-12, 5-7 Away), one of the league’s top shooting teams, head to face the Indiana Pacers (14-12, 8-4 Home) on Saturday. Both teams will be playing on back-to-back days. The Nets are 3-3 without rest, while the Pacers are 5-0. Brooklyn defeated the Atlanta Hawks 120-116 at Barclays Center yesterday.

Kevin Durant was the key player with 34 points. The Nets are the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. Indiana got the win yesterday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, beating the Washington Wizards 121-111. Buddy Hield had 28 points to lead the team. The Pacers are the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference.

The teams are meeting for the last time this season. Brooklyn will be looking to split the season series after earning the win in only one of the three previous matchups. Indiana won the last showdown 128-117 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on November 25.

Hield led the Pacers with 26 points, while Tyrese Haliburton contributed 21 points, 15 assists, and six rebounds. Durant had 36 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists in defeat.

Durant is averaging 30.0 points per game, best in the league, to lead the Nets in scoring this season. Durant also has dished 5.4 assists per game, most in the league. Meanwhile, Nicolas Claxton is grabbing 8.7 rebounds.

Haliburton (19.5 ppg), Bennedict Mathurin (18.1), and Hield (17.7) have supplied much of the Pacers’ offense. Haliburton leads the league. Haliburton also has doled out 11.0 assists per game, most in the NBA.

Meanwhile, Myles Turner has pulled down 8.0 rebounds per game. The Nets rank as one of the most accurate teams from the field in the NBA, second-best at 49.9%.

The teams have split their last 10 clashes at Gainbridge Fieldhouse (5-5).Brooklyn is 7-3 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +2.9 (111.6-108.7). Indiana has gone 4-6 over the last 10, allowing 118.9 points per game on average while scoring only 112.6 (-6.3 margin).

NETS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Joe Harris: 18.2 | 13.4 | +4.8
Points per game:
Royce O’Neale: 6.8 | 9.3 | -2.5
Assists per game:
Ben Simmons: 7.0 | 5.3 | +1.7

PACERS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Andrew Nembhard: 26.6 | 15.7 | +10.9
Assists per game:
T.J. McConnell: 2.0 | 4.1 | -2.1