The 22-49 Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to play the 25-48 New Orleans Hornets in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night. Tip off time from New Orleans is scheduled for 6PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA pro basketball odds from this game will be out on Sunday afternoon as Hornets guard Greivis Vasquez has been listed as questionable with an ankle problem.
The teams met back on February 20th with the Cavaliers posting the 105-100 home victory against the Hornets as a -3 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at over 196 ½ points.
Cleveland has a road record of 9-26 on the season. They lose their seventh straight after a 97-87 home defeat on Friday to the Philadelphia 76ers as a +2 point underdog. The game ended under 195 points. The Cavs shot just 43% from the floor and made 4 of their 18 three pointers. They allowed the offensively challenged 76ers make 48.8% of their shots and 7 of 18 from three point land. C.J. Miles came off the bench for 19 points and five rebounds as he made 7 of his 11 shots. Cleveland has been poor on both sides of the court this season. They are 29th and second to last shooting the basketball as the team hits on 43.4% from the floor. On defense the Cavaliers are 30th and last in the NBA as they give up 47.7% shooting to their opponents on the year.
The Hornets are 15-23 playing at home. The team drops their second straight after a 109-89 home defeat on Friday to the Miami Heat as a +7 ½ point underdog. The game finished over 188 ½ points. New Orleans fell behind 60-43 at the half. They shot 45.9% from the floor and made 5 of their 18 three pointers. The Hornets allowed 60.9% shooting to the Heat as well as 14 of 27 three pointers. New Orleans was sloppy in defeat with 19 turnovers. Ryan Anderson came off the bench for 20 points as he made 8 of his 15 shots. New Orleans has scored 100 or more points in just one of their past eleven games. They rank 24th in the NBA in scoring offense with just an average of 94 points a game.