The Miami Heat (33-30) travel to meet the Cleveland Cavaliers (21-42) Saturday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Heat-Cavaliers odds and lines, with NBA picks and predictions.
The Heat picked up a 116-111 win against the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, pushing against the five-point number.
They’re a respectable 5-2 straight-up and 4-2-1 against the spread across the past seven outings, and the Over has hit in four straight.
The Cavaliers had their doors blown off by the visiting Washington Wizards Friday, 122-93. They have lost five in a row, and they failed to cover in any of the outings.
Heat at Cavaliers: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:26 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Heat -700 (bet $700 to win $100) | Cavaliers +500 (bet $100 to win $500)
- Against the spread/ATS: Heat -10.5 (-110) | Cavaliers +10.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 208.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Heat at Cavaliers: Key injuries
Heat
- SG Tyler Herro (foot) out
- SG Victor Oladipo (knee) out
- SG Gabe Vincent (knee) probable
Cavaliers
- SG Darius Garland (ankle) questionable
- PG Matthew Dellavedova (neck) out
- C Isaiah Hartenstein (concussion) out
- PF Larry Nance Jr. (thumb) out
- SF Taurean Prince (ankle) out
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Heat at Cavaliers: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Heat 114, Cavaliers 99
Money line (ML)
The Heat (-700) will cost you seven times your potential return, and even though the Cavaliers (+500) have been hot garbage lately, you can’t risk that kind of lettuce on the visitors.
AVOID.
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Against the spread (ATS)
The HEAT -10.5 (-110) are laying double digits on the road, and that’s risky. But the Cavaliers +10.5 (-110) were crushed at home by the Wizards Friday, and they have failed to cover each of the past five while going 2-6 ATS across the past eight games at home.
Over/Under (O/U)
OVER 208.5 (-110) is the lean in this one. Miami has hit the Over in four straight while going 5-0 in their past five against teams with a losing record.
The Over has connected in five in a row for Cleveland against winning teams, and four of their past five at home. The Over is also 5-0 in the past five meetings in this series.
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