San Antonio Spurs versus Cleveland Cavaliers NBA TV Pro Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 8, 2010 by admin · No Comments

Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs will pay a visit to Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time in Cleveland is set for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV.

The LVSC NBA odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and it was the home team Cleveland Cavaliers coming in as at 7 point favorite with the over under lined at 195.

The early money from the NBA bettors has come on the road underdog San Antonio Spurs, as the Cleveland Cavaliers are currently a 6-½ point betting favorite. The total has seen downward movement in the betting, as the over under is currently available at 194 ½ for the bettors to play into.

Those backing the Cleveland Cavaliers on the money line will receive –280 odds with the road underdog San Antonio Spurs bringing back +240 to pull off the victory without the points on their side.

These clubs will be battling for the first time this regular season. The Cavaliers swept San Antonio in both meetings. It was Cleveland with the 97-86 road win over the Spurs as a 4 point favorite. The Cavs controlled the glass for the game by out rebounding San Antonio by 12 boards. In their meeting in Cleveland it was the Cavaliers posting a 101-81 blowout victory as a 6 ½ point favorite. Cleveland was hot from the field connecting on over 53% of their shots while limiting the Spurs to a little more than 39% shooting.

The Cleveland Cavaliers enters this game with the Spurs with a record of 49-15. Since the Cavaliers own the tiebreaker over the LA Lakers the team owns a 4 game lead in the loss column over LA for best record in the NBA with only 18 games remaining. Cleveland recently had their 6 game win streak snapped as they dropped a 92-85 decision at the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. Lebron James did not play as he was rested on the back end of a back to back as the team was facing its third game in four nights in three different cities. Without Lebron in the lineup the Cavaliers committed 17 turnovers. James is expected back in the Cavs lineup on Monday.

The San Antonio Spurs are 36-24 on the season and in the seventh seed in the Western Conference. The team sits 1 ½ games ahead of Portland in the 8th seed and 5 ½ games ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies who sit 9th in the conference with only 22 games left on the schedule. San Antonio was hit with bad news as guard Tony Parker suffered a broken right hand and he is scheduled to miss at least 6 weeks. The Spurs were running pretty good prior to the injury news as the team has strung 4 straight wins together. They are coming off a 102-92 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. The Spurs have shot well during this span hitting no less than 48.7% of their shots in their past four games. Forward Richard Jefferson had a solid game against Memphis with 18 points on 7 of 11 from the field.

Trend: San Antonio Spurs are 3-0 ATS in their past 3 games

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