The Cleveland Cavaliers (37-19) face the Dallas Mavericks (33-24) on February 27, 2024 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The Cavaliers are favorites, by 3.5 points, in a contest featuring two of the top players in the NBA, the Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell and the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic. The matchup’s over/under is set at 230.5.
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Spread: Cavaliers (-3.5) to Cover
- The DraftKings line for this game has the Cavaliers favored by 3.5, while the model predicts they’ll win by considerably more (6.8 points). Put your money on the Cavaliers.
- Cleveland has gone 28-26-2 ATS this season.
- The Cavaliers have covered the spread 13 times this season (13-11-1 ATS) when playing as at least 3.5-point favorites.
- Dallas’ ATS record is 30-27-0 this year.
- The Mavericks have covered the spread six times this year (6-7 ATS) when playing as at least 3.5-point underdogs.
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Total: Under 230.5
- The DraftKings total for this game, 230.5 points, and the model’s projected total, 229.8 points, are only 0.7 points apart.
- In 19 games this season, Cleveland and its opponent have combined to score more than 230.5 points.
- Dallas’ games have gone over 230.5 points on 36 occasions this season.
- So far this season, 24 out of the Cavaliers’ 56 games have gone over the point total.
- The Mavericks and their opponents have combined to hit the over 27 out of 57 times this year.
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Moneyline Winner: Cavaliers (-162)
- Prediction: Cavaliers 118, Mavericks 111
- Cleveland has been the favorite in 38 games this season and won 29 (76.3%) of those contests.
- Dallas has been chosen as underdogs in 24 games this year and has walked away with the win nine times (37.5%) in those games.
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Donovan Mitchell Rebounds Prop: Over 4.5
- Mitchell puts up 28.1 points, 6.2 assists and 5.4 boards per contest.
- He has averaged 0.9 more rebounds per game (5.4) than his prop bet total in Tuesday’s game (4.5).
- He has recorded more rebounds than his listed total in 25 of his 53 games with a prop this season.
- The Mavericks are 24th in the NBA in rebounds per game (42.1) and fourth-worst in rebounds conceded (45.5).
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