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Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
The Indiana Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Oddsmakers opened the Cavaliers as -7-point favorites versus the Pacers, while the game's total opened at 224.5.
Cleveland was a 105-90 winner in its last match on the road against the Mavericks. They covered the +2.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 195 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.
Indiana won its last outing, a 125-119 result against the Warriors on December 14. The Pacers covered in that game as a +1-point underdog, while the 244 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Indiana:
Team record: 15-14 SU,16-13 ATS
Indiana is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Indiana is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 7 games
Cleveland:
Team record: 18-11 SU,16-11-2 ATS
Cleveland is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Cleveland's last 10 games
Cleveland is 6-1-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home
Next up:
Indiana home to New York Sunday, December 18
Cleveland home to Dallas Saturday, December 17