Spurs to Host Cavaliers
The NBA road show heads to the Lone Star State Thursday for a battle between the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers and the host San Antonio Spurs. The current line has the game as a pick ‘em.
Cleveland this season has a record of 41-25 straight up and 32-34 against the spread. The Cavaliers on the road are 17-16 SU and 14-19 against the spread. The Cavs have won 7 of their past 10 games played.
San Antonio on the season is 40-23 SU and 28-33 ATS. At home, the Spurs are 24-7 SU and 13-16 ATS. The Spurs have won 6 of their past 10 games played.
Cleveland defeated the Dallas Mavericks in their last outing on Tuesday 127-94, which cemented their place as a title contender. The win moved them into second place in the Eastern Conference behind just the Atlanta Hawks.
LeBron James has carried the Cavaliers all season and will be returning to San Antonio for the first time since his former team lost the NBA Finals in Game 5.
It took the Cavaliers the first two months of the season to gel with a number of new faces in the lineup. However, over their past 27 games played the Cavaliers are 22-5.
The Cavaliers besides James have the talented point guard Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love one of the best power forwards in the league who has started to find his place on a team loaded with talent.
San Antonio could be without veteran forward Tim Duncan who hyper extended his left elbow on Tuesday when it was caught between Amir Johnson and Tiago Splitter in a game versus the Toronto Raptors. The Spurs won the game 117-107, but the veteran, who is 38, is not sure if he will play or not Thursday.
San Antonio helped the Cavaliers by defeating both Toronto and Chicago the past two games and has currently won six straight as they battle for a top five spot in the Western Conference playoff hunt.
Kawhi Leonard a forward for San Antonio and the NBA Finals MVP of 2014 is scoring 21.5 points per game and grabbing 8 rebounds per game over his past six games.
Shawn Marion a forward for Cleveland will miss his 12th consecutive game with a hip injury.
San Antonio has won 10 straight in the head-to-head series with Cleveland including a November 19 win at Cleveland 92-90.
The OVER has cashed in each of the past 6 games between the two played in San Antonio. The OVER has cashed in 8 of the past 10 games between the two teams overall. Cleveland is 1-4 against the number in its past 5 games played in San Antonio.
Pick: Cleveland 105-100
