The Indiana Pacers will look for the clincher on Friday night when they travel to face the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of their best of seven NBA playoff series with a pro basketball contest. Tip off time from Atlanta is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2.

The game six NBA playoff odds from this game has the home team Atlanta Hawks favored by -1 ½ points with an over under line of 188 points. There has been no movement in the odds from this NBA game since the odds were released a few hours ago.

The Indiana Pacers take a 3-2 series lead in this best of seven Eastern conference playoff series after a 106-83 home victory against the Atlanta Hawks as a -7 point betting favorite. The game finished over 187 ½ points.

The Pacers pulled away in the second half as they outscored the Hawks 56-40 in victory. Each team has won at home in this series by 11 points or greater. Indiana enjoyed a 50.7% shooting game and hit on 7 of 19 from three. They crushed the Hawks on the glass by a 51-28 margin. The team survived 17 turnovers and connected on 29 of 35 from the free throw line. David West led the Pacers with 24 points and five boards as he made 11 of his 16 shots. Paul George chipped in with 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds on 7 of 8 shooting. In their games on the road the Pacers suffered a 21 point loss in game three and by 11 points in game four. They have averaged 108 points a game at home in this series and 80 points on the road. Indiana is the top field goal and three point shooting defense in basketball by allowing 42% from the floor and 32.7% from three point distance.

The Hawks shot just 33.3% from the floor in their game five defeat along with 3 of 14 from three. The team was good at the free throw line making 30 of 37 shots and took care of the basketball with just six turnovers. Al Horford had 14 points and nine rebounds as he made 5 of his 14 shots. Josh Smith contributed with 15 points and five rebounds on 5 of 16 from the floor. Atlanta is a good shooting team making 46.4% from the floor and 37.1% from three point distance ranking seventh in both areas. Their defense in this series has been good on their home court and atrocious at Indiana. It reflects their regular season pattern of inconsistency on the defensive end of the court.