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Utah Jazz vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
The Utah Jazz and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Oddsmakers opened the Cavaliers as -5.5-point favorites versus the Jazz, while the game's total opened at 223.
In their last action, Cleveland was a 100-99 winner at home against the Mavericks. They failed to cover the -8.5-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (199) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Utah lost its last outing, a 123-97 result against the Bucks on December 17. The Jazz failed to cover in that game as a +2-point underdog, while the 220 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Utah:
Team record: 17-15 SU,18-14 ATS
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games
Utah is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Utah is 10-2-1 ATS in its last 13 games when playing Cleveland
Cleveland:
Team record: 20-11 SU,16-13-2 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Cleveland is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Cleveland's last 12 games
Next up:
Utah at Detroit Tuesday, December 20
Cleveland home to Milwaukee Wednesday, December 21