Victor Oladipo's meaningless buzzer-beater at the end of Game 7 cost Las Vegas over $3 million

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April 30, 2018 3:18 PM

Victor Oladipo took a last-second three-point shot that did not affect the final result of the game or the series, but was enough to push the Indiana Pacers over the spread — costing Las Vegas millions.

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The shot ended up pushing the Pacers to cover the spread at a lot of sportsbooks.
One Las Vegas official estimates that the Pacers covering the spread cost Vegas around $3-5 million.

Victor Oladipo has had a sensational breakout season with the Indiana Pacers, including pushing LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers to a hard-fought game seven in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Oladipo was not quite able to take the game down to the wire, but that did not stop him from launching a last-second buzzer beater — and costing Las Vegas millions of dollars in the process.

According to Darren Rovell and David Purdum of ESPN, Oladipo's last-second buzzer-beater was enough for the Pacers to cover the spread, as it cut the Cavalier's final margin of victory from seven points to four, and most sportsbooks had the Cavaliers at around 5-point favorites.

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