The Portland Trail Blazers (10-7) meet the Cleveland Cavaliers (11-6) Wednesday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. Tip is set for 7 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Trail Blazers vs. Cavaliers odds, and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.
The Trail Blazers kicked off a 4-game Eastern Conference swing with a 119-111 loss in Milwaukee on Monday, although Portland did earn the cover as 9.5-point underdogs. In fact, that cover snapped an 0-3 ATS skid. The Over is 3-1-1 in the last 5 games overall for Portland.
The Cavaliers posted a 114-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks Monday, covering for the 2nd straight game while winning for the 3rd consecutive time. It’s been a roller coaster ride for Cleveland this season, winning 8 in a row from Oct. 22-Nov. 6, losing 5 straight from Nov. 7-16, and now winning the last 3.
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Trail Blazers at Cavaliers odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 11:31 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Trail Blazers +325 (bet $100 to win $325) | Cavaliers -400 (bet $400 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Trail Blazers +8.5 (-115) | Cavaliers -8.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 217.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Trail Blazers at Cavaliers key injuries
Trail Blazers
- G Keon Johnson (hip) out
- G Damian Lillard (calf) out
- G Gary Payton II (abdominal) out
Cavaliers
- G Caris LeVert (ankle) questionable
- G Ricky Rubio (knee) out
- F Dean Wade (knee) out
- G Dylan Windler (ankle) out
For most recent updates: Official NBA injury report.
Trail Blazers at Cavaliers picks and predictions
Prediction
Cavaliers 113, Trail Blazers 109
Moneyline
The Cavaliers (-400) will cost you 4 times your potential return, and that’s too expensive for such a Jekyll and Hyde team. While Cleveland has looked good this last week, Portland is a talented team coming into town, and it will be much closer than expected.
PASS.
Against the spread
TRAIL BLAZERS +8.5 (-115) is a nice play here. Portland has covered 5 in a row on the road, while cashing in 12 of the last 17 games overall.
The Cavaliers -8.5 (-105) have struggled against Western Conference teams, going 0-5 SU and 1-4 ATS. To be fair, all of those losses were on the road, but you have to back the Blazers until the Cavs prove it can beat someone from the West.
Over/Under
OVER 217.5 (-110) is the lean here, but only go with a half-unit play.
The Under is 10-3 in the last 13 road games for the Blazers, but the Over is 3-1-1 in the last 5 games overall. The Over is also 10-3 in the last 13 meetings in Cleveland, too, for whatever that’s worth.
The Over has hit in each of the last 4 for the Cavaliers against teams with a winning overall record, and the Over is 14-6 in the last 20 when playing on a day of rest, too.
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