New Orleans Pelicans and Cleveland Cavaliers face off at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH on Thursday, December 21st, 2023 7:30 PM ET .
Who’s Playing
New Orleans Pelicans @ Cleveland Cavaliers
How To Watch ?
- Date & time : Thursday, December 21st, 2023 7:30 PM ET
- Arena : Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
- TV & radio channel : Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports New Orleans, SiriusXM, WTAM/WMMS/La Mega, WRNO 99.5FM
- Live Stream: FuboTV
New Orleans Pelicans – Cleveland Cavaliers injury report :
New Orleans Pelicans injury report :
Matt Ryan: Out (Elbow)
Larry Nance: Out (Rib)
Cleveland Cavaliers injury report :
Evan Mobley: Out (Knee)
Ty Jerome: Out (Ankle)
Ricky Rubio: Out (Personal)
Caris LeVert: Out (Knee)
New Orleans Pelicans – Cleveland Cavaliers starting lineups :
The following were the starters for both teams in their previous games:
New Orleans Pelicans starting lineup :
C. McCollum, PG #3 H. Jones, SG #5 B. Ingram, SF #14 Z. Williamson, PF #1 J. Valanciunas, C #17
Cleveland Cavaliers starting lineup :
C. Porter Jr., PG #9 D. Mitchell, SG #45 M. Strus, SF #1 D. Wade, PF #32 J. Allen, C #31
Game prediction : New Orleans Pelicans – Cleveland Cavaliers
Spread : +1.5 (-112) (NO)
Over/Under (Totals) : 227.5
NBA Point Spread Predictions
NBA point spread predictions provide a solution to dealing with imbalanced money line odds. Instead of solely predicting the winner of a game, these predictions focus on whether the favored team will win by a certain margin or if the underdog will lose but still cover the spread.
For instance, if you bet on the Los Angeles Lakers as favorites with a -7 point spread and they win by 8 or more points, your prediction would be correct. On the other hand, if you bet on the underdog and they lose by just 6 points, they would still cover the spread because they started with +7 points advantage.
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NBA Over/Under (Totals) Predictions
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Conversely, if the match concluded with a score of 101-104 totaling only 205 points, those who chose “under” would be successful in their wagers.
