Cleveland (27-18) at San Antonio (30-18)
When: Tuesday, January 23rd 2018
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Time: 8:05 ET | TV: TNT
Opening Odds: San Antonio -2/207.5
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have been going through a funk the last few years, but always seem to find a way around it and end up in the NBA Finals regardless. This year could be different as the defense is giving up points at an alarming rate. The Cavaliers will try and clamp down when they visit the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. Cleveland has dropped nine of their last 12 games and were blasted 148-124 by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday. The 148 points allowed matched the worst in franchise history in a regulation game. Cleveland has lost by margins of 34, 28 and 24 over the past six games and the defensive effort against Oklahoma City was the worst of the bunch as the Thunder scored at least 33 points in every quarter. “It’s embarrassing. It’s not acceptable,” point guard Isaiah Thomas told reporters. The Spurs own the best home record in the NBA at 19-3 but their 14-game winning streak at AT&T Center came to an end on Sunday with a 94-86 loss to the Indiana Pacers. The Spurs won both of last season’s meetings, including a 103-74 blowout at home.
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Superstar forward LeBron James should reach another milestone on Tuesday against the Spurs, needing just seven points to become the seventh player in NBA history to reach 30,000 in his career. James is not worried about any personal achievements right now with his team in suck a funk, and knows they need to get better soon. “Playoffs? We can’t even start thinking about that, not the way we’re playing right now,” James told reporters. “We could easily get bounced early in the playoffs if they started next weekend. Haven’t even began thinking about the postseason.” Cleveland is dead last in all major defensive categories since the middle of December. Center Kevin Love (illness) is expected to play after leaving after three minutes against the Thunder.
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San Antonio also hasn’t played as well this season, but they have a good excuse with star forward Kawhi Leonard only playing nine games due to a quadriceps injury that is reportedly causing issues between Leonard and the organization. Coach Gregg Popovich decided to shake things up on Sunday by moving veteran point guard Tony Parker to the bench and starting Dejounte Murray, who had eight points and seven rebounds in 28 minutes. The Spurs are still firmly in the top four of the Western Conference, three games clear of fifth place Oklahoma City and four back of Houston in the Southwest Division.
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I’m not touching the Cavaliers right now until their defense shows vast improvement. The Spurs have their own issues, but they are solid at home despite Sunday’s setback to Indiana. San Antonio’s defense is still No. 1 in the league (97.5) and they should be able to score 100+ in this one.
Pick: Spurs -1.5
- Cavaliers are 15-37-1 ATS in their last 53 games overall.
- Cavaliers are 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 Tuesday games.
- Cavaliers are 9-23-1 ATS in their last 33 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 8-21-1 ATS in their last 30 games following a ATS loss.
- Cavaliers are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 vs. NBA Southwest.
- Cavaliers are 7-19-1 ATS in their last 27 games following a double-digit loss at home.
- Cavaliers are 7-20-1 ATS in their last 28 games following a straight up loss.
- Cavaliers are 12-37-2 ATS in their last 51 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points.
- Cavaliers are 6-19-1 ATS in their last 26 vs. Western Conference.
- Cavaliers are 1-10 ATS in their last 11 road games.
- Cavaliers are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Cavaliers are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Cavaliers are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Cavaliers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games playing on 2 days rest.
- Cavaliers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games after allowing more than 125 points in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 0-7 ATS in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Cavaliers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Spurs are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS loss.
- Spurs are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a straight up loss.
- Spurs are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games.
- Spurs are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
- Spurs are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Spurs are 15-5-2 ATS in their last 22 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Spurs are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 vs. NBA Central.
- Over is 5-1 in Cavaliers last 6 games following a double-digit loss at home.
- Over is 5-1 in Cavaliers last 6 games after allowing more than 125 points in their previous game.
- Over is 5-1 in Cavaliers last 6 Tuesday games.
- Over is 11-3 in Cavaliers last 14 vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Over is 9-3 in Cavaliers last 12 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points.
- Under is 8-3 in Cavaliers last 11 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Under is 7-3 in Cavaliers last 10 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Over is 20-9 in Cavaliers last 29 games playing on 2 days rest.
- Over is 33-16 in Cavaliers last 49 games following a straight up loss.
- Under is 5-0 in Spurs last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Under is 6-0 in Spurs last 6 overall.
- Under is 4-0 in Spurs last 4 Tuesday games.
- Under is 4-0 in Spurs last 4 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Under is 4-0 in Spurs last 4 games following a ATS loss.
- Under is 8-1 in Spurs last 9 vs. NBA Central.
- Under is 5-1 in Spurs last 6 games following a straight up loss.
- Under is 23-5 in Spurs last 28 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 4-1 in Spurs last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
- Under is 4-1 in Spurs last 5 home games.
- Under is 11-5 in Spurs last 16 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 7-2 in the last 9 meetings in San Antonio.
- Over is 11-4 in the last 15 meetings.
- Cavaliers are 5-11 ATS in the last 16 meetings.
- Road team is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
