The Cleveland Cavaliers (4-0) are 4-point favorites as they try to continue a four-game winning streak when they host the Los Angeles Lakers (3-1) on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The contest airs at 7:00 PM ET on SportsNet LA and FDSOH. The point total is 226.5 in the matchup.
If you are trying to gain an edge on Wednesday’s game, see the best bets available for this matchup, in this article (according to our computer predictions).
How to Bet on Cavaliers vs. Lakers
Pick the Lakers (+4) to Cover
The Cavaliers were 38-42-2 against the spread last season.
The Lakers were 38-44-0 against the spread last year.
The Cavaliers went 15-20-1 as 4-point favorites or greater last season.
Against the spread, as underdogs of 4 points or greater, the Lakers went 8-8 last year.
Take the Points Over (226.5)
Of 82 games last season, the Cavaliers had 35 with over 226.5 points scored, their current matchup’s over/under.
Last year, 56 of the Lakers’ 82 matchups went over 226.5 total points scored.
These two teams averaged a combined 230.6 points per game a season ago, 4.1 more points than the total of 226.5 set for this game.
Opponents of these two teams averaged a combined 227.6 points per game last season, 1.1 more than the over/under for this matchup.
The average point total in Cavaliers games last year was 3.8 fewer points than the total of 226.5 in this matchup.
Lakers games in 2023 averaged a total of 232.5 points, 6.0 more than the point total in this matchup.
Back the Cavaliers on the Moneyline (-170)
The Cavaliers won 69.8% of the games last season in which they were the moneyline favorite (37-16).
Last season, the Lakers were the underdog 35 times and won 15, or 42.9%, of those games.
The Cavaliers had a record of 26-10 when they played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -170 or shorter (72.2%).
The Lakers entered 16 games last season as an underdog by +142 or more and were 6-10 in those contests.
The Cavaliers have an implied moneyline win probability of 63.0% in this game.
The implied probability of a win by the Lakers, based on the moneyline, is 41.3%.
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