Best NBA Win Total Bets to Make in Central Division

The 2021-2022 NBA season is less than a week away, and our team at BetSided is here to get you set with a total predictions for each team and best bets in the Futures market. 

Here are our team's best bets for the Central Division win totals, with odds courtesy of WynnBET Sportsbook!

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Indiana Pacers UNDER 42.5 Wins (-108)

The Indiana Pacers might be the most overvalued team in WynnBET’s win total projections for the 2021-22 season. 

Indiana missed the playoffs last season after landing in the NBA’s Play-In Tournament, and now it is projected to win more games than the New York Knicks (last year’s No. 4 seed) and Chicago Bulls (who improved greatly this offseason)? I don’t buy it. 

The Pacers have gotten some brutal injury luck to start the season, as Caris LeVert (stress fracture in his back) and T.J. Warren (stress fracture in his foot) both won’t be ready for the start of the season. I think this Pacers’ win total may be inflated because the team brought in Rick Carlisle as its head coach, but I just don't see this roster being significantly better than last season. 

The Pacers lost Doug McDermott to the San Antonio Spurs this offseason after his career year, and I don’t think first-round pick Chris Duarte moves the needle enough for them to go from a play-in team to an outright No. 6 seed. Until we see this team healthy, I don’t trust the Pacers at all at 42.5 wins. -- Peter Dewey

Indiana Pacers OVER 42.5 Wins (-115)

The Pacers upgraded at coach with Rick Carlisle and have a roster that feels tailor-made to be in contention for the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference and avoiding the play-in game.

The team has legitimate talent on hand with Malcolm Brogdon and front court stalwarts Domantas Sabonis and Myles Turner. The team will also be waiting for T.J. Warren and Caris LeVert to return from injury as well. Not to mention, the team drafted Chris Duarte, who should be able to contribute right away as one of the oldest prospects in the Draft this past season.

There may be some more volatility with teams like the Hornets (youth), Knicks (shooting regression), and Bulls (remade roster not meshing) in the middle class of the East, while the Pacers will hope that Carlisle can put everything together in his first season.

There's rumblings around the league that this can be a team that blows up their roster in hopes of resetting the clock on building a contender, but I lean with them overachieving. -- Reed Wallach

Milwaukee Bucks OVER 54.5 Wins (-116)

A majority of the talk this summer has been about how if Kevin Durant had been a foot further, or if James Harden hadn’t injured his hamstring, or Kyrie Irving didn’t get hurt himself, the Brooklyn Nets would be champions. While all those points are valid, it discredits the Milwaukee Bucks -- and we are about to see what it’s done to them.

The Bucks are easily going to go above 54 wins this season. Even as champions, the entire league doesn’t see them as the favorites and they will use that as a chip on their shoulder. The last time a team was treated like the Bucks was in 2016 -- and the Warriors set the record for wins in a season. 

Obviously I don’t believe the Bucks are going to win 74 games, but we will see a team on a mission to prove they were the rightful heirs to the NBA throne. Giannis Antetokounmpo is at the peak of his powers, and the rest of the league needs to be on alert. -- Donnavan Smoot

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Detroit Pistons OVER 24.5 Wins (-120)

The Detroit Pistons drafted a future NBA Hall-of-Famer and will now exceed everyone's expectations in the 2021-22 NBA season. Am I referring to number one overall pick Cade Cunningham? Absolutely not. I'm talking about the 2021 National college player of the year, Luka Garza.

In all seriousness, the Pistons have a solid group of young players and I think they'll perform better than many people expect. They're still a couple of years away from returning to the playoffs, but I love the over on their win total of 24.5. I believe in the duo of Cunningham and Killian Hayes. -- Iain MacMillan

Chicago Bulls OVER 42.5 Wins (-116)

Before I get slammed for going full-on Chicago Bulls meatball homer here, let me attempt to make a few objective points.

In Year 1 of the new regime under head coach Billy Donavan and the front office braintrust of President of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas and GM Marc Eversley, they were trying to navigate the waters of the failed regime's roster. In Year 2, we've already seen radical changes to the team with newly acquired players much more suited to how the organization wants to play

Chicago now has a true point guard in Lonzo Ball who should work wonders for Zach LaVine to get open shots, while also creating space for Nikola Vucevic as he enters his first full season in Chicago. DeMar DeRozan is an established veteran who also can handle the point with Ball off the court, and the Bulls passing should be amongst the best in the league, aided by the excellent court vision and solid defensive play from newcomer Alex Caruso.

Not having Patrick Williams or Cody White at the start of the season is unfortunate, but having two of the youngest and highest upside players watch the veterans work will be immensely helpful in their long-term development.

For a team with clear-cut playoff expectations and a substantially improved roster, finishing at least two games over .500 doesn't feel like a stretch. -- Ben Heisler

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