Both teams will be on a back to back when the 64-16 Miami Heat will travel to play the 24-56 Cleveland Cavaliers in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time from Cleveland is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The betting odds from this NBA pro basketball game will be out on Monday as four Heat rotational players including Dwyane Wade and LeBron James made be rested in this back to back spot.
This will be the fourth meeting of the season between the Heat and Cavaliers with Miami winning all three games. Cleveland covered the point spread in every game.
Miami has a road record of 28-12 on the year. They win their fifth straight after a 105-93 home victory on Sunday to the Chicago Bulls as a -9 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished over 190 points. The Heat enjoyed a 51.4% shooting game and hit on 6 of 17 three pointers. They held the Bulls to just 35.4% from the field. LeBron James led Miami with 24 points and six assists as he made 7 of his 12 shots. Miami has clinched best record and will have home court advantage in every playoff series. The Heat is the top shooting team in the NBA as they hit on 49.5% from the floor.
The Cavaliers are 14-26 playing on their home court. They lose their fourth straight after a 91-77 defeat on the road on Sunday to the Philadelphia 76ers as a +5 ½ point underdog. The game finished under 198 ½ points. Cleveland fell behind 53-34 at the half. They shot just 36.5% from the field with 5 of 16 from three point range. The Cavaliers allowed Philadelphia 44.2% shooting and Cleveland committed 18 turnovers. Tristan Thompson had 12 points and 12 boards as he made 5 of his 10 shots. The Cavaliers have played poorly on both ends of the court. They are 29th and second to last in shooting as the team hits on 43.3% from the field. On defense the Cavaliers allow 47.6% shooting to opponents making Cleveland 30th and last in the NBA.
The 29-51 Washington Wizards will travel to play the 47-33 Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time from Brooklyn is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The odds from this NBA game has the home team Brooklyn Nets favored by -7 ½ points with an over under line of 192 points. There has been no line movement from this game since the odds came out a few hours ago.
This Wizards and Nets have met three times this campaign with Brooklyn winning two of the three games. Washington covered the spread in two of the three contests.
Washington has a road record of 7-32 on the year. They lose their fourth straight after a 97-86 home defeat on Friday to the Philadelphia 76ers as a -5 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished under 192 points. The Wizards shot just 41.4% from the floor and connected on 1 of 13 three pointers. They give up 43% shooting to Philadelphia and the Wizards lose because they turn the ball over 17 times and missed 8 of 21 free throws. John Wall led Washington with 24 points and seven assists as he made 9 of his 21 shots. The Wizards have put up some respectable defensive numbers this season ranking in the top seven in all three key areas. Their issue has been on the offensive end of the court as they rank in the bottom four of the league in points per game and shooting percentage. Cleveland averages 93.1 points a game with 43.4% shooting.
Brooklyn is 24-15 straight up on their home court. Their four game win streak was snapped on Sunday in a 93-87 road defeat to the Toronto Raptors as a -4 point betting favorite. The total landed under 194 ½ points. The Nets fell behind 51-32 at the half in defeat. They shot just 40.5% from the field and made 8 of 30 three pointers. Brooklyn gave up 43.9% shooting to the Raptors with 6 of 15 three pointers and allowed Toronto to grab ten more rebounds. Deron Williams led the Nets with 30 points and seven assists as he connected on 11 of his 20 shots. Brooklyn is locked into the number four seed in the Eastern conference and will have home court advantage against either Atlanta or Chicago in the first round of the playoffs next weekend. Brooklyn has done a good job of limiting points to opponents this season. The team ranks fifth in the NBA in scoring defense by allowing 95 points a game.