Who’s playing
Phoenix Suns @ Cleveland Cavaliers
Current records: Phoenix 37-27, Cleveland 41-23
How to watch
- When: Monday March 11, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. ET
- Or: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse – Cleveland, Ohio
- TV: Bally Sports – Ohio
- Follow: CBS Sports app
- Online broadcast: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket cost: $19.43
What there is to know
The Suns have played two games at home but will soon have to dust off their jerseys on the road. They will face the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Since both teams suffered a loss in their last match, they both have a little more motivation heading into this match.
Last Saturday, Phoenix failed against the Celtics and lost 117-107.
Despite the loss, the Suns got a strong performance from Kevin Durant, who shot 4 of 7 from long range and had a double-double with 45 points and ten rebounds. In fact, this is the most points Durant has scored all season.
Meanwhile, the Cavaliers managed to keep up with the Nets until halftime on Sunday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Cleveland reluctantly found itself punched in the gut 120-101 against the Nets. The Cavaliers failed to live up to their potential and fell short of the advantage that oddsmakers thought they had going into the game.
Phoenix’s loss dropped their record to 37-27. As for Cleveland, their loss dropped their record to 41-23.
Looking ahead, the Suns are the favorites as experts expect them to win by six points. For those looking to play the spread, be careful: Phoenix should win, but their 19-27-1 record against the spread itself isn’t exactly encouraging.
The Suns lost to the Cavaliers on the road by a decisive 112-98 margin in their previous game in January 2023. Can the Suns avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll know soon enough.
Odds
Phoenix is a solid 6-point favorite against Cleveland, according to the latest NBA Odds.
The line on this game has moved a lot since it opened, as it started with the Cavaliers as 1.5 point favorites.
The over/under is 221 points.
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History of the series
Cleveland and Phoenix both have 5 wins in their last 10 games.
- January 8, 2023 – Cleveland 112 vs. Phoenix 98
- January 4, 2023 – Cleveland 90 vs. Phoenix 88
- November 24, 2021 – Phoenix 120 vs. Cleveland 115
- October 30, 2021 – Phoenix 101 vs. Cleveland 92
- May 4, 2021 – Phoenix 134 vs. Cleveland 118
- February 8, 2021 – Phoenix 119 vs. Cleveland 113
- April 1, 2019 – Phoenix 122 vs. Cleveland 113
- February 21, 2019 – Cleveland 111 vs. Phoenix 98
- March 23, 2018 – Cleveland 120 vs. Phoenix 95
- March 13, 2018 – Cleveland 129 vs. Phoenix 107
