Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Free Pick - Betting Odds

Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Free Pick - Betting Odds

Cliff Knox
Date: April 2, 6:00 pm
Location: Quicken Loans Arena
TV: ESPN

Betting Odds

Point Spread: Cleveland
Total: 214

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The Cleveland Cavaliers (48-27) host the Indiana Pacers (37-39) in an Eastern Conference match up that will take place at the Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH at 6 PM ET. The Cavaliers are a 9-point home favorite with a total of 214.
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The Pacers are coming off a 111-100 road loss to the Toronto Raptors where Paul George was the high scorer for Indiana going for 28 points. DeMar DeRozan was the high scorer for the Raptors with 40 points and while he was only 11/26 from the floor he made three of his four 3-pointers and was 15/20 from the free throw line. The Pacers have lost three straight games and they have failed to cover the spread in any of those games to bring their ATS record to 33-42 on the season. The total has gone over in three in a row and seven of Indiana’s last eight games and for the season they have an O/U record of 38-38.
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The Cavaliers were at home in their last game and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 122-105 where LeBron James had a big night going for 34 points with nine rebounds and six assists. For Philadelphia Richaun Holmes and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot were the high scorers each going for 19 points. The win snapped the Cavaliers three-game losing streak and while they covered in that game they had failed to do so in their previous three games. For the season against the spread Cleveland is 33-39-3. The total for the 76ers game went over while the two previous games went under and for the season the Cavs have an O/U record of 42-32.
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This season the Pacers are 11-26 on the road and on offense they rank 19th in the league in ppg, tied for 5th in 3-pt FG%, and 3rd in free throw percentage. On defense they rank 15th in ppg allowed, 10th in 3-pt FG% allowed, and 30th in free-throw percentage allowed.
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The Cavaliers are 29-8 at home this season and rank 4th in ppg, 2nd in 3-pt FG%, and 24th in free throw percentage. On the defensive side of the ball Cleveland ranks 20th in ppg allowed, 22nd in 3-pt FG% allowed, and 19th in free-throw percentage allowed.
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The Pacers won the first game facing the Cavaliers this season, but have lost the last two meetings. These teams met last on February 13th at Cleveland where the Cavaliers beat the Pacers 113-104 covering the 6-point line with the total going over.
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Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Trends
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The Pacers are 0-7 ATS in their last 7 road games.
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The Pacers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall.
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The Cavaliers are 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall.
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The Pacers are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games against the Cavaliers.
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Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction

Both teams have been a poor bet in recent games with the Pacers on 1-5 against the spread run and the Cavs on a 2-6 streak. So, the total looks like the way to go here. The Pacers didn’t step it up on defense against the Raptors in their latest and it would be a reach top think that they can keep Cleveland below 110. Indiana hasn’t been lighting it up, but they’ve hit triple digits in six of their last seven and should be able to reach and surpass that plateau against a defense that has been very generous over their last eight matches.

Free Pick: Take the OVER 214
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