Friday, May 25th, 2012
Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to take on the Indiana Pacers in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time in Indiana is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA package.
The LVSC NBA odds makers have set the opening odds in this game and the road team Cleveland Cavaliers opened as a 6 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 204 ½.
The early money from the NBA betting public has come in on the road favorite, as the Cleveland Cavaliers are currently a 7-point favorite. The total has seen early movement towards the over, as the over under is currently lined at 205 ½ for the bettors to play into.
NBA money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Cleveland Cavaliers at –270 with the home underdog Indiana Pacers bringing back +210 to win this game without the need for getting the points.
The clubs are making their second meeting this season. The Cleveland Cavaliers visited Indiana back on November 20th and earned a 105-95 victory as a 3-½ point favorite. Indiana was ice cold from the three-point line in that game converting on just 4 of 18 from beyond the arc.
Cleveland is on a roll as they are winners of 6 straight games. They are coming off a blowout home victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-95 as a 13-point favorite. The Cavaliers were on fire from the field hitting on over 54% from the field. Defensively they were outstanding limiting the Timberwolves to just 38% shooting. Lebron James has played great with 29 points per game average over his past 5 games. He was fined $25,000 for an incident on Wednesday when he kicked a bottle of water into the stands. Point guard Mo Williams has missed the teams past 4 games with a sprained shoulder. He is expected to miss between 3 to 5 more weeks. Daniel Gibson has seen increased minutes and has averaged over 13 points per game in his past three games. The Cavaliers have really tightened their defense allowing 38% shooting to three of their past four opponents.
The Pacers have lost 5 of their past 7 games and are coming off a 118-96 embarrassing loss on their home court to the LA Lakers. The team is just 16-30 on the season and only 10-12 in front of their home folks. Danny Granger will look to bounce back after getting off only 8 shots in the loss to the Lakers on Wednesday. Granger is a strong offensive weapon for the Pacers with 23 points per game season average. Forward Mike Dunleavy has been in the tank hitting on just 16 of 42 for an average of 8 points over his past 5 games.
Trend: Indiana is 6-1 to the under in their past 7 games
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