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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Oddsmakers opened the Cavaliers as -6-point favorites versus the Lakers, while the game's total opened at 223.
Last time out for Cleveland, they were a 113-109 winner as they battled the Pistons at home. The Cavaliers failed to cover in the match as a -6-point favorite, while 222 combined points moved the game OVER for totals bettors.
In their last action, Los Angeles was a 127-119 loser on the road against the Wizards. They failed to cover the -1-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (246) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Los Angeles:
Team record: 30-41 SU,29-42 ATS
LA Lakers is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Lakers is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 7 games
Cleveland:
Team record: 41-30 SU,40-28-3 ATS
Cleveland is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 7 games
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Next up:
Los Angeles home to Philadelphia Wednesday, March 23
Cleveland at Toronto Thursday, March 24