The Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 30.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:00 UK;
Venue – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (19.432);
City – Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for Cavaliers – 1.708.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 218.5 – 1.74.
The bookmakers’ analysts think the Cavs are the clear favourites for the game. We can agree with them. The Cavaliers, with their full starting line-up, are a serious threat to any opponent on their home court. Mitchell has already missed the previous two games. Doctors say he will be ready for the game against the Clippers. The Cleveland Cavs will have to beat the Clippers in a hard-fought game.
The teams’ head-to-head encounters tend to be quite productive. The 235-point mark has been surpassed in the last two meetings. The Cavs scored an average of 114 points in their home games, while the Clippers scored 114 away.
The Ohio club has been playing without any consistency in recent games. Wins alternate with defeats, and so far, it’s far from stable. However, all the leaders are in place and the Cleveland Cavs have more than enough activity.
In their last game against Oklahoma City Thunder, Garland was the Cavaliers’ best player. He scored 31 points, 2 rebounds and 13 assists. The second-best scorer for the Cavs was Evan Mobley with 23 points.
The Cleveland Cavs are currently in fifth place in their conference with 30 wins and 21 losses. The home team won the last game between these rivals. Two of the last three games between these teams went to the Cavaliers.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are the best team in the East in home games (20-5) or 80% of meetings won.
The Los Angeles Clippers have been unstoppable in recent matches and have won five straight. The Clippers have not been easy opponents, but they have pulled it off. The upcoming road trip to Ohio won’t be easy, but the visitors have every chance of winning.
Kawhi Leonard was the best player in the game against the Atlanta Hawks, scoring 32 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Paul George was second in scoring with 23 points.
The Los Angeles Clippers have 28 wins and 24 losses in 52 games played. That puts them in fourth place in the Western Conference so far, but they have the prospect of moving up.
The Los Angeles Clippers are averaging 113.8 points per game on the road.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Cleveland Cavaliers: Darius Garland – Caris LeVert – Isaac Okoro – Evan Mobley – Jarrett Allen.
Los Angeles Clippers: Terance Mann – Luke Kennard – Kawhi Leonard – Paul George – Ivica Zubac.
Dylan Windler (Out), Kevin Love (Day-to-day) and Donovan Mitchell (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
John Wall (Out), Robert Covington (Out) and Marcus Morris Sr. (Day-to-day) are injured players for the Los Angeles Clippers.
The fixture will be played at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (19.432) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 30th of December, 2023, at 00:00 UK Time.
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