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Cavaliers Eye 16th Win in a Row: NBA Game Previews
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3/15/2025
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And even if at times we're not watching the NBA as thoroughly, we can still handicap and
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preview it for you here with your two premier NBA handicappers.
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Heck, if Mark Zinno can come on the show for two straight half an hour, two consecutive
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weeks and not watch a Super Bowl, we can talk about a few key NBA games you should keep
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an eye on tonight, even with a wager down, including the best team in the NBA right now,
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the hottest team in the NBA once again, that would be the Cleveland Cavaliers, two point
00:30
road favorite tonight in Memphis, good one against the Grizzlies.
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Of course, you see Sweet 16 in that March theme.
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That wouldn't be the Cavs surviving and advancing.
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That would be the Cavaliers in terms of consecutive wins, looking for their 16th win in a row
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tonight in Memphis, but a short number.
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The Cavaliers extend the win streak in the grind city.
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And also that total two forty eight and a half, the opening number crashing down a
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bit to two forty three and a half live down even a little bit from the graphic that we
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had posted up.
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But also understand this.
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The Cavaliers came into this game in New Jersey at the Fandula Sportsbook, a minus four and
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a half point favorite.
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It's now down to two.
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Some outlets even as low as one and a half.
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Why?
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Donovan Mitchell not anticipated to play.
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And you're going to face a good team in the Grizzlies that's healthy and at home, even
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though it's a heavy public favorite on the Cavaliers.
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That line is crashing.
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I'm going Memphis Grizzlies tonight to stop the streak against the Cavaliers and win.
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Line makes sense.
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Some injuries.
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And sooner than later, you got to lose a basketball game tonight.
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I think the Cavs lose that basketball game.
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Give me the two points.
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The Cavs have only been booked as a single digit favorite six times in this 15 game win
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streak.
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They are three and three against the spread.
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Cleveland could not stop playing overs.
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They've played four consecutive unders, but Memphis certainly pays plays at a pace that
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can add up some points tonight.
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Important game also for the Grizzlies, 42 and 24 right now, the two spot in the Western
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Conference standings, but identical record to that of the Denver Nuggets, who should
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win at home tonight as well.
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14 point home favorite at altitude against Luka Doncic and the L.A. Lakers.
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Luka scored 45 points last night, made seven threes, had 11 boards, and the Lakers still
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lost by 20 on the road in Milwaukee.
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Donnie, I'm not sure I see this game being all that close and competitive.
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What would you do with a 14 point spread?
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I probably would take, or should we lay the 14 points in this point?
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Because I was talking about yesterday, like, hey, maybe the Lakers would be competitive.
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And as we said, you're getting almost 50 points out of Luka Doncic and you got blasted by
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20 points.
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Now you're going to play a back to back road game on a waiting team in elevation.
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So if I am the Lakers, sometimes you got to be smart.
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Hey, Luka, you're going to sit this one out.
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There's a low chance we win it with you in it.
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And the last thing we want you to do is play on a back to back and somehow get even more
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tired at this point in a losing effort.
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I do think this is a big chance for the Nuggets to say, all right, this should be a free victory.
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We'll take it.
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And I would expect, if you don't lay the 14 points, surprising to me if the Lakers would
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be within, let's just say, double digits at the break.
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I don't anticipate this as, oh, the Lakers were tied at the half and just fell off in
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the second half.
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I don't know if Luka is going to play, even though he's anticipated in that starting lineup
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tonight.
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But if there's one night where the Nuggets should beat the Lakers and beat them badly,
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that's the perfect setup for that shot.
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Nikola Jokic minus 125 to record a triple-double.
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He might do that in the opening quarter, given what the lineup could look like tonight for
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LA.
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10-game NBA slate on this Friday, if you want to mix in a few games around the association
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with the greatness that we will see in college basketball.
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