Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Pick – Odds and ATS Predictions

The Cleveland Cavaliers (3-14) will host the Houston Rockets (9-8) at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio for a cross-conference collision on Saturday, November 24th, 2018. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM and is set to be broadcast on FSN. The Rockets have won four of the last five meetings between both sides, riding a three-game winning streak at the present moment. In against the spread markets, Clutch City bodes a 3-2 ATS record against The Land. The two sides last met in February in Cleveland where Houston rolled the Cavaliers 120-88, priced as just a 3.5-point favorite.

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers Overview

Houston Rockets

The Rockets saw a five-game winning streak come to an end last night when they were defeated in the Motor City at the hands of the Detroit Pistons. The Rockets came in priced as a four-point favorite but ultimately fell by a score of 116-111 in overtime. This is Houston’s third game in the past four days.

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cavaliers enter as one of the NBA’s basement-dwellers, but they have done something that no other team has done so far this season, beat the Philadelphia 76ers on their own court. Cleveland comes in off a sensational 121-112 victory earned in the City of Brotherly Love last night, staging an upset outright as a 13-point dog. This is also Cleveland’s third game in the previous four days.

Reasons To Avoid Houston

Given the varying quality of both teams with Houston being a game away from an NBA Finals appearance last season compared to a Cleveland bunch that have lost arguably the greatest player ever to set foot on a court. Also combined with the firing of their Head Coach, you can expect to pay a premium to back Houston here regardless of what occurred yesterday for both teams. So far, the public has tossed this narrative aside as 94% of the cash is in on the Rockets signifying a high potential for an overlay.

Reasons To Back Cleveland

Though Cleveland has won just three games this season, two of them have been in The Q, a place they are known historically for brandishing a significant home-court advantage. Given the caliber of the upset last night orchestrated by the Cavs, Cleveland will be rocking, and you can rest assured that the Cavaliers will be primed and fired up to take the fight to one of the NBA’s super-teams. Houston may come in flat given the manner in which they lost last night combined with playing an extended game.