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NBA: Clippers vs Cavs Predictions

NBA betting action sees the Los Angeles Clippers taking on the Cleveland Cavaliers  on Thursday February 5th at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Cappers Picks provides free NBA handicapping tips all season long.

This is a nice star studded Thursday night game. Either team could win and both will be looking for respect along the way.

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Los Angeles Clippers (33-16) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (30-20)
Thursday February 5
8:00PM
Quicken Loans Arena – Cleveland, OH
TNT
NBA Betting Lines:  Cleveland -4.5
NBA Betting Total:  206.5
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Los Angeles

The Clippers have been playing well even if it isn’t making much of a dent in the gap between them and the Warriors. This team definitely prefers to play in sunny California.

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They are in the midst a of long road trip with this game being the 5th of 8 straight away from Staples heading into the All-Star Break. They have lost two of the last three by a hair, sandwiched around a beatdown of the Spurs on their own home court. Even though this is a good team it is still hard to predict what they will do game to game.

He may be playing in the All-Star game but there is debate about whether Chris Paul is still in the upper echelon of point guards in the league. This is probably not a reflection of numbers but the emergence of a next generation of players at the position.

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Further, I think it is still fair to say that the game of Blake Griffin is not exactly growing. I know DeAndre Jordan gobbles up a lot of rebounds but shouldn’t he average at least 8 boards per game.

Cleveland

With the Hawks losing the hottest team in the league is now the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs have won 11 games in a row and I give them credit for not just waiting for things to change, they made moves to improve the roster and take advantage of what might be a small window with LeBron James steering the ship – they basically added two new starters since the beginning of the year. During the winning streak they have been money too with an 11-1 ATS record. Thats the part that really matters to us right.

Even if they win I wonder if Kevin Love made the right call in joining the Cavs. It could just be a product of him not having a strong shooting season but he is averaging just 16/10. It will be interesting to see whether the addition of J.R Smith is really a positive one.

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He can light it up but he also takes a ton of bad shots, though maybe LeBron can reign him in a little. Right now everything is working though.

NBA Handicapping Trends:

  • Clippers are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games playing on 2 days rest.
  • Under is 5-0 in Clippers last 5 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
  • Under is 8-1 in Clippers last 9 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
  • Under is 4-0 in Cavaliers last 4 home games.
  • Under is 5-0 in Cavaliers last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
  • Under is 6-0 in Cavaliers last 6 games following a S.U. win.
  • Clippers are 1-7 ATS in the last 8 meetings in Cleveland.
  • Clippers are 2-7 ATS in the last 9 meetings.
  • Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.

4* NBA Prediction:  Cleveland -4.5

No reasons for the good times to stop for Cleveland tonight. They are playing really well and there is good value with the Clippers coming to town.

NBA Score prediction:  Cleveland 101 – Los Angeles 95

The quality opponents keeps the value on the home side.

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By The Wiesguy

The Wiesguy is a newcomer to the handicapping scene. Hailing from Toronto, Canada he is always sweet on the underdogs and you can often find his thoughts, musings and picks at moneydogs.blogspot.com.