Oklahoma City Thunder vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, Pick and Preview, January 27 (1/27): NBA

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, Pick and Preview, January 27 (1/27): NBA

 

Odds

Time 8:00 p.m. EST
Thunder money line -105
Thunder spread +1 (-110)
Cavaliers money line -115
Cavaliers spread -1 (-110)
Over / under 222.5

 

2022-2023 season stats

  Oklahoma City Thunder Cleveland Cavaliers
Record 23-25 30-20
Home / road record 14-10 10-15
Streak L1 W1
Points per game 116.00 111.00
Points allowed per game 115.00 107.00
Rebounds per game 47.00 42.00
Rebounds allowed per game 44.00 43.00
Over / under record 27-20-1 23-27
 

Preview

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Cleveland Cavaliers will meet again at the Paycom Center on Friday night. These teams already faced each other earlier this season in Cleveland where the Cavs took the win 110-102.  

 

Oklahoma City Thunder

The Thunder get here with a 23-25 record and are 14-10 at home so far this season ranking 4th in the Northwest Division. Oklahoma City ranks third in the Western Conference with 55.4 points per game in the paint led by Gilgeous-Alexander averaging 15.0.

Josh Giddey is averaging 16 points, eight rebounds and 5.7 assists for the Thunder. Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 26.9 points over the last 10 games for Oklahoma City.

In their last 10 games the Thunder are 6-4, averaging 120.1 points, 43.6 rebounds, 24.0 assists, 8.5 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.6 points per game.

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cavaliers get here with a 30-20 record and are 10-15 on the road this season ranking 2nd in the Central Division. Cleveland ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference shooting 36.7% from deep.

Darius Garland is averaging 21.4 points and 7.8 assists for the Cavaliers. Mitchell is averaging 23.4 points and 3.2 rebounds while shooting 46.7% over the last 10 games for Cleveland.

In their last 10 games the Cavaliers are 5-5, averaging 110.0 points, 41.2 rebounds, 25.2 assists, 6.7 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 49.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.6 points.

 

BETTING TRENDS

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 7 games.

Cleveland are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Oklahoma City.

Cleveland are 6-14 SU in their last 20 games on the road.

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City are 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 5 games.

Oklahoma City are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oklahoma City's last 9 games against Cleveland.

 

Prediction

The Thunder have been up and down this season but they're playing pretty good lately as they have won 5 of their last 5 games and have covered the spread in 9 of the last 10 games. The Cavs have been struggling without their best scorer Donovan Mitchell who's likely to miss this game as well. Cleveland has also struggled on the road with a 10-15 record so I expect the Thunder to care of business at home.

 

PICK: Thunder ML (-105)

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