The Houston Rockets (31-35) will look to build on a four-game winning streak when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers (42-24) on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at Toyota Center. It airs at 5:00 p.m. ET on Space City Home Network and BSOH.
The Cavaliers are 6.5-point favorites against the Rockets when the Cavaliers and Rockets meet. The over/under for the match is set at 216.5.
Cavaliers vs. Rockets Betting Odds
NBA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sports Betting. Odds updated Friday at 7:29 p.m. ET. For a complete list of sports betting odds, go to USA TODAY Sports Betting Score Odds Center.
- Spread: Cleveland -6.5
- Total: 216.5
- Money line: Cleveland -278, Houston +220
Cavaliers odds, spread and more at Rockets
Prediction
- Choose ATS: Rockets (+6.5)
- Choose the organizational unit:
More (216.5)
- Prediction:
Riders 113 – Rockets 112
Money line
- Cleveland has won 32, or 72.7 percent, of the 44 contests in which it was favored this year.
- This season, Cleveland has come away with a victory 14 times in 17 occasions when it was named a favorite of at least -278 or less on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this match implies that Cleveland has a 73.5% chance of securing a victory in the competition.
- Houston is 14-30 in games and has been listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 31.8% of those games).
- When playing as an underdog on the Moneyline with odds of +220 or higher, Houston has gone 4-13 (23.5%).
- Houston has a 31.2% chance of winning this game based on moneyline implied probability.
Against the spread
- The Cavaliers only scored 1.2 more points per game (113.8) than the Rockets gave up (112.6).
- Cleveland is 23-15 against the spread and 28-10 overall when scoring over 112.6 points.
- When scoring more than 109.4 points, Houston is 23-18-1 against the spread and 22-20 overall.
- Cleveland is 27-13-2 against the spread and 35-7 overall when opponents score fewer than 113.2 points.
- The Cavaliers sit 18th in NBA scoring (113.8 PPG), while the Rockets allow the 10th fewest points per game (112.6) in the league.
- The 19th ranked NBA team (113.2 PPG) is Houston, while Cleveland’s team ranks fourth defensively in the league (109.4 PPG).
- The Cavaliers have scored 285 more points than their opponents this season (4.4 per game on average), and the Rockets have scored 37 more points than their opponents (0.6 per game).
- Cleveland’s average implied point total this year is 3.1 points higher than its implied total in Saturday’s game (115.1 implied points on average compared to 112 implied points in this game).
- So far this season, Cleveland has scored over 112 points in 39 games.
- The average implied point total on the year for Houston (115.4) is 10.4 points more than the team’s implied total in this game (105).
How to watch the Cavaliers vs. Rockets
- Match day: Saturday March 16, 2024
- Game time: 5:00 p.m. ET
- TV channel: Space City Home Network and BSOH
- Location: Houston, TX
- Arena: Toyota Center
- TV channel: Bally Sports
- Direct: Watch on Fubo!
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