Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to the Pacific Northwest to battle the Portland Trailblazers in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night.
Start time from Portland is set for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA package.
The point spread came out with the home team Portland Trailblazers favored by -10 ½ points with a total of 192 points.
Early money from the betting public has come in on the side of the home team as the Portland Trailblazers are now favored by -11 points.
The total has moved up to 194 ½ points.
Portland Trailblazers money line gamblers will lay –700 odds with the road underdog Cleveland Cavaliers bringing back +560 odds to win straight up with no need for getting the points.
The Trailblazers swept both meeting last season with one cover and one push against the spread. The total went 1-1 in both games.
Cleveland will play at Portland with a record of 4-3 on the year. The team is 2-2 on the road.
The Cavaliers average 97 points and 44.2% shooting per game with 41% from beyond the arc. Cleveland makes 69.3% of their free throws.
Cleveland on the defensive end of the court allows 93 points with 43.4% shooting. Opponents connect on 33.1% from three against them.
The team has won three of their past four games.
They are coming off the 98-87 win on Friday night against the upstart Minnesota Timberwolves as a +7 point road underdog.
The total came in at under the total of 199 points.
The Cavs hit on 46.2% from the field in the win with 8 of 17 makes from three.
Antawn Jamison led Cleveland with 22 points on 10 of 22 from the floor.
Rookie Kyrie Irving scored 14 points with five assists and boards in the win.
Anderson Varejao had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
They allowed Minnesota just 39.2% shooting with 4 of 20 conversions from the three point line.
Portland will play Cleveland with a record of 5-2 this year. The team is a perfect 4-0 at home.
The Trailblazers average 99 points with 43.4% shooting with 31.4% from the three point line. The team converts on 79.3% of their free throws.
On defense Portland allows 95 points with 44.4% shooting. Their opponents make 25.4% from three against them.
The club has their two game winning streak snapped Friday night in a 102-77 defeat to the Phoenix Suns as a -3 point favorite.
The over under came in at under the total of 196 ½ points.
The Trailblazers were asleep out of the gate trailing 30-15 after one quarter and pushed across just 34 first half points.
The team hit on a poor 32.5% from the floor and an atrocious 2 of 19 from the three point line.
They got out rebounded by the Suns by a 47-38 margin and trailed by as much as 27 points in this loss.
LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 14 points and seven boards on 6 of 14 shooting.
No other starter scored in double digits.
Off the bench Nicolas Baum had 12 points but on 4 of 13 shooting.
It was a bad night for Jamal Crawford off the bench as the shooting guards could make only 3 of his 14 shots for 10 points.
Portland allowed the Suns 46.8% shooting from the field with 7 of 20 makes from the three point line.
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