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2023 NBA Handicapping – Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks
(1-1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks (1-1)
Date: Friday, April 21st
Time: 8:30 PM (ET)
Venue: Madison Square Garden New York City, New York
Moneyline NBA Odds: Cavaliers +112 | Knicks -125 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Knicks -1.5
Today’s NBA Betting Total: 211.5
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The first-round series between the Cavaliers and Knicks moves to the Mecca for the next two games. Cleveland took Game 2 via a 107-90 rout to even the series.
ATS
At this time, the Cavaliers are 43-37-4 overall against the spread this season. Also, they are 19-20-2 ATS as the away team. Additionally, the Knicks are 46-35-3 against the spread this season. Also, they are 19-20-2 ATS as the home team
Season Series
New York won the regular season series 3-1 with victories on December 4th match (92-81), January 24th (105-103), and March 31st (130-116) while Cleveland won the initial meeting on October 30th (121-108).
All time the Knicks have the advantage of winning 119 of the 223 matches versus the Cavaliers. Last season, the teams played three times with the Cavaliers sweeping those three contests. The teams have played nine times in the postseason with the Knicks winning eight of those series.
Cleveland Cavaliers
Following their Game 1 loss, J.B. Bickerstaff repeatedly cited physicality or rather a lack of it from his squad. His team definitely got the message as they came out delivering the first punch and kept their focus through to the final buzzer.
That fact was best punctuated when Jarrett Allen picked up a flagrant foul for his block on Julius Randle at 2:22 remaining in the match and the Cavs led by 21 points.
Bickerstaff said it wasn’t a flagrant foul while the Knicks of course felt Allen undercut Randle.
Season Stats
Offensively, Cleveland scores 112.3 points per game ranking 25th while shooting 48.8% from the field and 36.7% on the perimeter ranking fifth and 12th respectively.
Overall, Cleveland tops the league for opponent scoring limiting foes to an average of 106.9 points per game. Cavs opponents shoot 46.8% from the field and 36.8% from deep ranking seventh and 23rd.
Julius Randle takes a HARD fall after this dunk over Jarrett Allen late in the 4th of Knicks-Cavs Game 2 😬
Allen was assessed a flagrant foul penalty 1.pic.twitter.com/yVqr7UtN0W
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 19, 2023
Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Dylan Windler, SF (OUT—foot)
New York Knicks
Tom Thibodeau took some heat for having Julius Randle still on the court with the Knicks down big when he landed awkwardly but the coach said his star had asked to keep playing to gain a rhythm.
Still, Thibs is lucky Randle wasn’t injured although that one play likely provided all the ammo the Knicks needed as inspiration to up the physicality even more in Game 3.
Game 1 hero, Jalen Brunson scored 20 points but took 17 shots as the Cavs’ adjustments were to attack him on defense and send double teams at him.
Stats
As can be seen, the Knicks are one of the best defensive teams in the association they limit opponents to 113.1 points which is 13th-ranked while possessing the third-best opponent field goal percentage of 46.2% and also ranks 12th for opponent perimeter percentage of 35.7%.
So far, offensively, the Knicks score 116 points per game ranking 11th while shooting 46.7% from the field and 35.4% from the perimeter ranking 20th and 19th respectively.
Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- No injuries listed
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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks NBA Betting Trends:
- All in all, the Cavaliers are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games.
- Also, the Cavaliers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against New York.
- By comparison, the Knicks are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games.
- In conclusion, the Knicks are 10-5 ATS in their last 15 games when playing as the favorite.
Free Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks NBA Prediction:
For just the second time in the last decade, the Knicks are participating in the postseason and this iteration of the team is much more talented than the 2021 version.
There’s no better venue for playoff basketball than Madison Square Gardens and the fans are starved for a deep run as it’s been a decade since they last advanced out of the first round.
Donovan Mitchell will be primed for the bright lights, but just like the Cavs youngsters were overwhelmed in Game 1, this will be their first road experience which will be equally overwhelming until they adjust.
The other issue is the Cavs rely far too much on their starting backcourt to carry the offense and so far they’ve taken turns being the primary scorer.
Until they figure out how to balance their efforts to deliver in the same game the advantage lies with the Knicks who can easily game plan defensively to stop whichever of the two is carrying the scoring.
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