Cavaliers vs. Pacers: Analyzing the Narrow 3-Point Spread

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00:00the calves are a road favorite in indy three point spread right now in favor of cleveland

00:06you see the total on your screen as well jy i ask you this question first and foremost

00:11because the cavaliers are not just down oh two they did not just cough up a 20 point second

00:17half advantage and a seven point lead with fewer than a minute remaining in regulation in game two

00:22to lose to indiana they did so in game two without darius garland evan mobley and deandre hunter

00:29do you think that three point spread in favor of the calves tonight takes into account the return

00:35of at least two of those three if not all three of cleveland stars it has to because i think i don't

00:42know if i've seen hunter props but i definitely have seen garland and mobley pops since yesterday

00:47so obviously like you said they did go through shoot around or walk through yesterday that doesn't

00:53mean anything i need to see warm-ups 90 minutes beforehand are they out shooting are they trying

00:58to go listen simply put what indiana has done folks is they've become a version of cleveland in

01:06regards of they've become about the totality of their parts in regards to using their depth as an

01:11advantage to grind you down and if you are missing let's be honest three out of your top six guys

01:19and a team that depends on that as well now other guys from cleveland now have to take monumental jumps

01:26like a guy like donovan mitchell who's capable of carrying a team but has to do it without his

01:31backcourt mate and darius garland so the line makes it suggest that they're going to play so

01:39but it then becomes interesting because the total i think was 229 and a half game two now it's 226 and a

01:46half so you're thinking about particularly mobley and hunter two strong defenders that's why the line

01:52drops down for the total but then to me i'm looking at the team total of pacers of over

01:57one twelve and a half over nine out of the last ten games five straight versus the calves it don't

02:04matter if these guys are in or out they're going to get up and down because they're going to test the

02:09pace of cleveland because you're dealing especially with mobley with a bad ankle then a bad foot or bad

02:15toe i should say for dennis garland i love over one twelve and a half right now tonight for the indiana

02:21pacers regardless if these guys play or not