Cleveland Cavaliers at San Antonio Spurs Free Pick - Betting Odds
Date:
March 27, 8:05 pm
Location:
AT&T Center
TV:
FSN
Betting Odds
Point Spread:
San Antonio -4.5
Total:
212
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LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will square off with LaMarcus Aldridge and the San Antonio Spurs in a cross-conference collision that bares significance for both teams looking in regards to playoff seeding. For the defending champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the road to repeating as the #1 seed in the East has not been an easy one as they are deadlocked with Boston for the top spot. San Antonio trails Golden State by just 2.5 games for the coveted #1 seed overall and home court throughout the playoffs. The scheduled tip-off time is 8:05 PM ET and is set to be televised on FSN. The Spurs have won 12 of the last 14 meetings against the Cavaliers.
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Cleveland Cavaliers at San Antonio Spurs Overview<br />
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The Cavaliers enter off home loss against the Washington Wizards Sunday night, where the Cavs fell 127-115. For the Spurs, they enter off a four-game winning streak. The Cavaliers enter with the second-ranked three-point shooting offense coupled with the fifth-ranked scoring offense. San Antonio can outgun the Cavs from beyond the arc as the Spurs are the best three-point shooting team in the NBA (39.3%) and rank in the top-three in three major defensive categories: scoring defense, opponent field goal percentage and opponent field goal percentage.
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Cleveland at San Antonio Key Betting Trends<br />
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The Cavaliers enter at 47-25 SU while owning a 32-37-3 ATS record.
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On the road, the Cavaliers are just 19-17 SU.
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The Spurs come in to this contest with the better record as they own a mark of 56-16 SU while owning a 37-34 against the spread record.
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At home, the Spurs are 28-7 SU on the year.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In the early going we have seen 89% of the public fancy the Spurs against the spread. Currently, the Money Line has been offered with the Spurs as a -185 home favorite while the Cavaliers enter as a +160 road dog. As for the Over/Under, we have seen the market rest at 212 after descending by a point with early action on the Under. Contrarily, 85% of the consensus like the Over.
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Cleveland Cavaliers at San Antonio Spurs Prediction
Normally when approaching a team like Cleveland we have always stated that you can expect to pay an inflated price for backing the Cavs. However, in this predicament we have the rare opportunity to get the Cavaliers at a good price. The Cavaliers have played .500 ball as of recent and most predominantly on the road all season long. With this being said, the assumption here given who they are facing and where they are facing them is that the Cavaliers will get ran off the court. However, Cleveland has a tendency to win the games that matter when they need to be won. This is the will of LeBron James and why he has been heralded as one of the all-time greats. Simply put, he propels teams that he is on to play at a higher level when required. While we are not suggesting that the Cavaliers are going to win this one outright, we do suggest that there is immense in value in taking the points here as Cleveland will approach this game as rudimentary.
Free Pick:
Take Cleveland +4.5
