Cavs Slight Favorites Over Wizards Coming Out Of All-Star Break
The Cleveland Cavaliers will look for their 15th win out of 17 tonight against the Washington Wizards.
The Cavs are the –3.5-point favorites in this one, according to the point spread.
This will the Cleveland’s first game back from the All-Star Break. They headed into the break on a sour note, losing to division rivals, the Chicago Bulls, 113-98. The Cavs were –2-point favorites in that game and failed to cover the spread.
The Wizards have lost six of their last eight,including their last game before the All-Star break against the Toronto Raptors. The Wizards lost 95-93. The silver lining for bettors is Washington covered the spread in that game as +5-point underdogs.
The Wizards have been without guard Bradley Beal for three games and he will sit this game with a leg injury. There is no definitive timetable for his return.
This is the third game in this season series with the teams splitting wins thus far. The teams met twice back in November.
Cleveland has been good to bettors over their last 16 games, covering 12 times. Washington has only covered three times over their last 12 games.
The total for this game is set at 198 points.
The total has gone OVER for Cleveland in four of its last five game. However, the Cavs have usually favored the UNDER this season, hitting the UNDER 16 times in their last 24 games.
Washington has sent UNDER bettors to the window in five of its last six games.
The game starts at 7:30 p.m. ET and you can watch the game on ESPN.
