Nets vs Cavaliers NBA Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com

The New Jersey Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Quicken Loans Arena.

Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 3½-point favorites versus the Nets, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

New Jersey won its last outing, a 97-90 result against the 76ers on January 25. The Nets covered in that game as a 11.5-point underdog, while the 187 combined points took the game UNDER the total.

In their last action, Cleveland was a 91-81 winner at home against the Knicks. They covered the 3.5-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (172) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.

New Jersey:
Team record: 6-13 SU, 9-10 ATS

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of last 5 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of last 9 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of last 12 games

When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Toronto are 2-8
After playing Philadelphia are 3-7
After a win are 2-8

Cleveland:
Team record: 7-10 SU, 10-7 ATS

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of last 5 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of last 9 games when playing at home against New Jersey
is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of last 7 games

When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing New York are 6-4
After a win are 3-7

Next up:
New Jersey home to Toronto, Sunday, January 29
Cleveland at Boston, Sunday, January 29