The Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 05.01.2023;
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 Under 219.5 – 1.97.
It looks like the Cavs will be able to get revenge this time, as the Suns are looking quite bad. It’s unlikely that Monty Williams’ team can beat the best home team in the East. The Cavaliers are confidently beating their opponents on the home court. The Suns will most likely face a similar fate.
The Phoenix Suns have a big problem with their offensive game. The Suns scored just 82 points in their last game. It’s unlikely that the visitors will be able to mount a scoring extravaganza against defensively-minded Cleveland.
A black streak is over. The Cleveland Cavaliers wins their second game. They defaeted the Chicago Bulls twice (103-102 / 145-134).
Caris LeVert scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the first match.
Donovan Mitchell showed an incredible game in the second game. He scored a double-double: 71 points and 11 assists.
By the way, in the game in which Mitchell scored, the opponents had to play overtime. The main time of meeting ended in a draw (130-130). Prior to that, the Cleveland Cavs had a three-game losing streak and a five-game winning streak.
The Cavs are in the top 4 of the Eastern Conference. The team has played 38 games: 24 wins and 14 losses.
The Cavaliers have won 17 of their 21 home games this season.
The Cavaliers have conceded 108 or fewer points (81%) in 17 of their 21 home games without overtime.
The Phoenix Suns are on a black streak of games. One win and four losses. The Suns’ last win came on December 28. It was a successful game against the Memphis Grizzlies (125-108).
The team’s away winning streak continues. The Phoenix Suns suffered losses to the Denver Nuggets (125-128), Washington Wizards (102-127), Toronto Raptors (104-131) and New York Knicks (83-102).
The Phoenix Suns dropped to eighth place in the Western Conference. The Suns have played 38 games with 20 wins and 18 losses.
The Suns are averaging 114.2 points per game (112.4 away).
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell – Caris LeVert – Lamar Stevens – Kevin Love – Jarrett Allen.
Phoenix Suns: Chris Paul – Landry Shamet – Mikal Bridges – Torrey Craig – Deandre Ayton.
Dylan Windler (Out), Darius Garland (Day-to-day), Ricky Rubio (Out), Dean Wade (Out), Evan Mobley (Day-to-day) and Mamadi Diakite (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Jae Crowder (Out), Devin Booker (Out) and Cameron Johnson (Out) are injured players for the Phoenix Suns.
The fixture will be played at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (19.432) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 5th of December, 2023, at 00:00 UK Time.
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