Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Houston Rockets odds, tips and betting trends

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25 March 2023

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Houston Rockets odds, tips and betting trends

The Houston Rockets (18-56) will attempt to break a three-game road skid when taking on the Cleveland Cavaliers (47-28) on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, airing at 6:00 PM ET on BSOH and SportsNet SW.

The Cavaliers are a double-digit favorite against the Rockets when the Cavaliers and the Rockets meet. The Cavaliers are favored by 13.5 points. The over/under for the matchup is 223.

Cavaliers vs. Rockets Betting Odds

Spread: Cleveland -13.5
Total: 223
Moneyline: Cleveland -1087, Houston +700

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Rockets at Cavaliers odds, spread, & more

Prediction

Pick ATS: Cavaliers (- 13.5)
Pick OU:
Over (223)
Prediction:
Cavaliers 121 – Rockets 103

Cleveland has been victorious in 44, or 74.6%, of the 59 contests it has been chosen as favorites in this season.
Cleveland has been listed as a favorite of -1087 or more on two occasions this season and won both games.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Cleveland has a 91.6% chance of pulling out a win.

Houston has been the moneyline underdog 70 total times this season. Houston has finished 16-54 in those games.
Houston has played as a moneyline underdog of +700 or longer in only one game this season, which it lost.
Houston has an implied moneyline win probability of 12.5% in this matchup.

The 112.2 points per game the Cavaliers score are 6.5 fewer points than the Rockets allow (118.7).
When Cleveland totals more than 118.7 points, it is 11-4 against the spread and 11-4 overall.
Houston is 16-6-1 against the spread and 11-12 overall when giving up fewer than 112.2 points.
The Rockets’ 110.6 points per game are only 3.9 more points than the 106.7 the Cavaliers give up.
Houston has put together a 22-21-3 ATS record and a 16-30 overall record in games it scores more than 106.7 points.
Cleveland has an ATS record of 32-13-1 and a 38-8 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 110.6 points.
The Cavaliers are at the 25th spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (112.2 PPG), while the Rockets allow the 29th-fewest points per game (118.7) in the league.
The 29th-ranked scoring NBA team (110.6 PPG) is Houston, while the Cleveland squad ranks first in the league defensively (106.7 PPG).
The Cavaliers have totaled a total of 413 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 5.5 per game), while the Rockets have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 606 total points, 8.1 per game).

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Cleveland’s average implied point total this year is 5.5 fewer points than its implied total in Sunday’s game (112.5 implied points on average compared to 118 implied points in this game).
This season, Cleveland has put up more than 118 points in a game 19 times.
Houston’s average implied point total on the season (118.8 points) is 13.8 points higher than its implied total in this matchup (105 points).

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