A pair of streaking teams square off when the Cleveland Cavaliers (33-4) host the Indiana Pacers (21-18) on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET. The Pacers are 9-point underdogs and will attempt to keep their 12-game win streak allive against the Cavaliers, winners of 12 straight. The matchup’s over/under is 240.
Keep reading for the best bets you can place on Sunday’s game, based on our computer predictions.
How to Bet on Cavaliers vs. Pacers
Pick the Cavaliers (-9) to Cover
Against the spread, the Cavaliers are 26-11-0 this season.
In the Pacers’ 39 games this season, they have 19 wins against the spread.
So far this season, the Cavaliers have been installed as favorites by a 9-point margin or more 19 times and are 12-7 ATS in those games.
The Pacers have been underdogs by 9 points or more two times this year and covered the spread once.
Take the Points Under (240)
This year, the Cavaliers games have gone over 240 points scored, their current matchup’s total, 13 (out of 37) times.
The Pacers have played in 12 games this season (30.8% of chances) in which the teams combined to score more than 240 points.
The Cavaliers and the Pacers combine to average 1.7 fewer points per game than the over/under of 240 set for this game.
Opponents of these teams have averaged a combined 226.9 points per game, 13.1 fewer than the point total for this matchup.
The average point total in Cavaliers games this season is 11.7 fewer points than the total of 240 in this matchup.
The average over/under for Pacers games this season is 8.3 fewer points than the point total of 240 for this outing.
Back the Cavaliers on the Moneyline (-425)
The Cavaliers have won in 31, or 91.2%, of the 34 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
The Pacers have compiled a 9-9 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 50% of those games).
The Cavaliers have not lost in 16 games this year when favored by -425 or better on the moneyline.
The Pacers have a 1-1 record (winning 50% of their games) when they have played as a moneyline underdog of +330 or longer.
The Cavaliers have an implied victory probability of 81% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Pacers’ implied win probability is 23.3%.
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