It’s New Year’s Eve, and the Cleveland Cavaliers (28-4) and the Los Angeles Lakers (18-13) are all set to battle it out from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Last night, the Cavs improved to 9-1 in their last 10 games with a 113-95 victory at Golden State. Darius Garland scored 25 points to lead Cleveland and the Cavaliers held Steph Curry to 11 points.
The Lakers won Saturday at home against the Sacramento Kings 132-122 thanks to 36 points and 15 rebounds from Anthony Davis.
The Cavaliers are currently 11-3 on the road with a +12 point differential, while the Lakers are 10-4 at home and are 6-4 in their last ten games at residence.
We’ve got all the news and analysis you need ahead of the match, including the latest on how to get news, odds, recent team performances, player stats and, of course, our predictions, our picks and our best bets for the game from our modeling tools and our team of experts.
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Game odds for Cavaliers vs. Lakers
The latest odds as of Tuesday:
That gives the Cavaliers an implied team point total of 114.66 and the Lakers 113.1.
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Expert Picks and Predictions for Tuesday’s Cavaliers vs. Lakers Game
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Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) as Home Team: Los Angeles Lakers +4.5
“Bad spot for the Cavs after picking up a win in the Bay and facing a fully rested, newly assembled Lakers team that could downright surprise. Fair is 3.5 on my numbers given the situation.
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Our model calculates projections around every moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the NBA schedule based on data points such as recent performance, head-to-head player matchups, player information trends and projected game totals.
Once the model is complete, we place its projections next to the final betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each bet.
Here are the best bets our model projects for today’s Cavaliers-Lakers game:
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Money line: NBC Sports Bet stays away from a Moneyline game.
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Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards an ATS game on the Los Angeles Lakers at +3.
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Total: NBC Sports Bet remains one game away with a game total of 227.5.
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Important stats, trends and information to know ahead of the Cavaliers’ game against the Lakers on Tuesday
· The Cavaliers are on a 7-game winning streak
· 5 of the Cavaliers’ last 6 away games against the Lakers have remained UNDER the Total
· Lakers are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games as an underdog
· Cavs are 5-0 in 2nd half in back-to-back games
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