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76ers Look for First Road Win Against Pacers

The Philadelphia 76ers and the Indiana Pacers will on Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. This season 76ers have been unable to win on the road. They've barely been competitive in those games. The Sixers will try for a sixth time to get their first road victory tonight.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN, NBCS Philadelphia, FS Indiana

Line: Pacers -3; O/U: 2016

Four of the 76ers five losses away from home have come by at least 15 points. Sunday's dreadful 122-97 setback at Brooklyn was the pinnacle, they hope. That game featured an NBA-high 28 turnovers by Philadelphia. A game like that is not what you want to see for a team hoping to be among the elites in the Eastern Conference.

"To win on the road, you better not turn it over at the rate we've been turning it over," coach Brett Brown told reporters. "You better have an incredible focus on rebounding. Historically, those are the tenets of road wins -- caring for the ball and finishing plays with rebounds. ... I think that togetherness, that toughness, that ability to take punches and come out together on the other side, that is part of growth. We don't have that right now."

The Pacers had won three straight by a total of nine points before suffering a 98-94 loss to Houston on Monday. That was the second of three straight at home. Victor Oladipo scored 28 points in the defeat. That is his NBA-leading 10th straight game with at least 20 points.

The 76ers are 6-5 on the season and it is a crap-shoot as to how they will play from night to night.

Ben Simmons scored 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting in the loss to the Nets. He also had five turnovers and has given the ball up 16 times over his last two road games.

Joel Embiid added 16 points and 15 rebounds while missing his only 3-point attempt. It was part of a 4-for-20 showing from beyond the arc for Philadelphia.

The Pacers are 7-4 on the season. Indiana is attempting an average of 85 shots a game. That is the fewest in the East. They could stand a few more scoring chances that might make the difference in close games like Monday's loss. The team is not prepared to force anything.

"We don't want to just get into a run-and-gun game and make it a shootout," coach Nate McMillan told reporters after the loss to the Rockets. "If we have something early (in the possession), we'll take it. If not we want to make them defend it."

It helps that the team ranks fifth overall in field-goal percentage at 48.9%. led by a 68.4 percent showing by forward Domantas Sabonis.

JJ Redick is shooting 31.3 percent from 3-point range on the road, compared to 44.7 percent at home.

PREDICTION: Pacers 112, 76ers 106

NBA Betting Odds & Trends

Philadelphia 76ers
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games on the road
Philadelphia is 5-11 ATS in its last 16 games
Philadelphia is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games
Philadelphia is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
Philadelphia is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games when playing Indiana
Philadelphia is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against Indiana

Indiana Pacers
Indiana is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Indiana is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games
Indiana is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games at home
Indiana is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games at home
Indiana is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Indiana is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing Philadelphia
Indiana is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
Indiana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

 

Next up:
Philadelphia home to Charlotte Friday, November 9
Indiana at Miami Friday, November 9

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