NBA Finals Preview Show: Thunder vs. Pacers Picks, BEST BETS & MVP Predictions!

The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

CBS Sports

Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football

3.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Chris Onorato, PropStarz, Mike Barner, and Mackenzie Brooks break down the Thunder vs. Pacers matchup with full series picks, best bets, top player props, and MVP predictions! #SportsBetting #Gambling #Betting #NBAFinals #ThunderVsPacers #NBAPicks #SportsBetting #NBAPredictions #MVP #NBAPlayoffs 🎥 WATCH • Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsLine • Watch CBS Sports HQ: https://cbssports.com/live • Watch CBS Sports Network on your TV or the CBS Sports App with your cable provider 🎧 LISTEN • Stream and follow & leave a 5⭐️ rating on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3URc49a • Download and follow & leave a 5⭐️ rating on Apple: https://apple.co/4hLfVhP • Other CBS Sports podcasts: https://cbssports.com/podcast 📱FOLLOW • Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportsLine • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsline • TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@sportsline 📖 READ • More betting news: https://www.sportsline.com/ 🛍️SUPPORT • Shop our merch: https://www.paramountshop.com/collections/the-early-edge 💵BETTING Looking for a specific game we haven’t covered? Head to https://www.sportsline.com, where you can always find best bets, picks and props. Any league. Any game. Any time. Both from the sharpest sports bettors in the business as well as the SportsLine Advanced Model, where we simulate each game 10,000 times and provide projected scores, graded bets, plus player prop projections. If you like it, use promo code EARLY to get your first 30 days FREE! 🎙ABOUT THE SHOW Welcome to The Early Edge! The No. 1 daily sports betting show and podcast powered by SportsLine + CBS Sports. If you’re looking for today’s best bets, in 20 minutes or less, we’re the show for you. Every morning at 10am ET The Early Edge is live breaking down the day’s action across the NFL, College Football, NBA, MLB, NHL, College Basketball, Soccer and more! No hot takes, The Early Edge is here to talk sports betting for both the first time bettor or sports book sharp and everyone in between. From spread betting to totals, player props to parlays and so much more, The Early Edge is here to win. Together. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone at the slate of games for a Monday night and you're thinking,
0:17.9	boy, what am I going to watch or what am I going to bet on tonight?
0:21.1	And you're thinking it's quiet?
0:22.8	Never quiet for our sports line crew.
0:25.2	Welcome to the early edge, everyone brought to you by BetMGM, the sports book Born in Vegas.
0:33.1	I'm Chris Sondorado.
0:34.1	Great to be with you here on this Monday in between all the action, if you will.
0:38.9	But that means it gives us time to do a little bit of homework, a little bit of research,
0:43.7	and to look at some of the longer plays when it comes to the NBA finals,
0:48.5	specifically as we wait for game one on Thursday night.
0:52.0	Let's bring in our sports line experts now here on the early edge.
0:55.4	Propy and Mike Barner, Chris, with you here, guys.
0:59.8	Great to be with you.
1:01.2	We've got plenty of time to hash out the NBA finals here and who we think is going to win.
1:06.2	Is it a money line play?
1:07.3	Although that is such a big number in OKC's favor.
1:10.1	And so where can we find some spots to
1:12.0	win the people a little bit of money here? How did they get here? Okay, C, a favorite from all along,
1:19.4	and they've looked like the best team all along here, guys. But Indiana, a preseason 50 to one shot to win the title.
1:29.6	I mean, there is some history here that would jump out at you if the Pacers are able to do it.
1:36.5	It'd be one of the longest shots ever since 1985 to make this happen.
1:41.3	Start of the playoffs, even worse odds, 80 to 1 as the four seed in the east. Okay,
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