The Cleveland Cavaliers will head south to San Antonio to face off with the San Antonio Spurs here on Saturday night as Cleveland hits the road looking to improve on their already solid season. Meanwhile, San Antonio is right in the middle of another rebuilding season and they will look to pick up a huge win over a potential Eastern Conference playoff team with a quality performance here on Saturday night at home. Cleveland has been playing solid basketball as of late as they are getting healthy and getting ready for the stretch run of the regular season and San Antonio has been much improved after having the number one overall draft selection in last year’s NBA draft. Both of these teams are young and certainly have bright features ahead of them and they will meet here on Saturday night in what should be a thrilling and competitive contest in San Antonio. This game will tip off at 8 EST and the Cleveland Cavaliers are the betting favorites in this one despite playing on the road.
Past Prediction Betting on the NBA has not been kind this week as the predictions have yet to hit throughout three different picks. On Wednesday night the Milwaukee Bucks dropped a tough game to the Portland Trail Blazers on the road in Portland in Damian Lillard’s return to the Pacific Northwest. On Thursday night it was the Utah Jazz that came up short against the Philadelphia 76ers at home and lost the game outright after being favored to pick up a victory against a shorthanded Philadelphia team that did not have Joel Embiid. Finally on Friday night it was the Indiana Pacers that lived up to their underdog expectations as they were unable to pick up the victory at home against the Sacramento Kings as they were defeated by Sacramento in a close and competitive contest. Now the Cleveland Cavaliers will be looking to break that trend when they face a Western Conference team in the fourth consecutive matchup of inter-conference franchises as Cleveland looks to grab the first victory this week.
History Between These Two Teams This will be the second and final meeting of the season between these two teams and the first time they met the San Antonio Spurs gave the Cleveland Cavaliers all they could handle back in Cleveland. As Cleveland and San Antonio met back in early January, it was the Cleveland Cavaliers that came away with a two point victory in a relatively high scoring game where the two teams combined for 232 points. Cleveland came away with a 117-115 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at home, and they will look to replicate that feat with a quality performance here on the road on Saturday night in San Antonio. It was a shorthanded Cleveland Cavaliers teams at time they met, as they were without Darius Garland and Evan Mobley in that game. As for this one, they will be fully healthy for this contest against San Antonio on Saturday night. So Cleveland will be looking to further increase their margin of victory with a second consecutive victory over the San Antonio Spurs here on Saturday night in San Antonio.
Tips For Betting Cleveland has posted an impressive record when they are favored to win games this season as they come into this game as winners of 22 out of 28 games where they were the betting favorites. They have also managed to post a respectable record on the road this season winning 13 out of 21 road games this year, which is much improved from their performance last season. Meanwhile, San Antonio has struggled at home losing 20 out of 25 home games this season as they have struggled to find their footing in front of a friendly crowd which has led to their lack of success this season. San Antonio has been the underdog and plenty of games this season and they come into this game with 38 losses in those 44 instances as they have been very unsuccessful when they are not favored to pick up the win. It is something that seems unlikely to change here in this game as Cleveland has been successful against underdog teams this season and they’ve played pretty tough on the road. Cleveland comes into this game, as nearly a 10 point favorite against San Antonio and they should have no problem covering the spread here in this one.
Today’s Predictions I look for this game to be a close and competitive contest with Cleveland being on the road in this one but with the way the Cleveland Cavaliers have played as of late, they should pick up the victory over San Antonio. Cleveland has been playing exceptional basketball over the last couple of weeks and then they have put themselves in a position where they are currently a t seed within their conference heading into the second half of the year. They will look to maintain that momentum within another solid performance against a struggling San Antonio team here on Saturday night on the road in Texas. As Cleveland looks to add yet another victory to their win total and open up the weekend on the right foot.
San Antonio should have no problem putting up a fight throughout the early stages of this contest. As Cleveland will likely have a hard time dealing with number one overall pick Victor Wembanyama. However, in the end, I look for Cleveland and Donovan Mitchell to take over and pick up a much-needed victory here in this game. As I look for Donovan Mitchell to take over throuop-foughout the late stages of this game and lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a victory and lead them to a cover as the favorites here on Saturday night against the San Antonio Spurs.:30 pm
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