NBA Best Bets: Cavaliers vs. Thunder Picks for January 8
Published 6:39 pm Tuesday, January 7, 2025
The Eastern-leading Cleveland Cavaliers (31-4) are just 1.5-point favorites when they host the Western-leading Oklahoma City Thunder (30-5) on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The game tips off at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, FDSOH, and FDSOK.
To find the best bets you can place on Wednesday’s game, based on our computer predictions, keep reading.
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Cavaliers vs. Thunder Game Info
- When: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio
- TV: ESPN, FDSOH, and FDSOK
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Cavaliers vs. Thunder Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Cavaliers (- 1.5)
- Cleveland is 25-10-0 against the spread this season.
- Oklahoma City is 24-11-0 against the spread this year.
- The Cavaliers’ ATS record as 1.5-point favorites or more is 22-10.
- The Thunder are yet to lose ATS (1-0) as a 1.5-point underdog or more this season.
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Pick OU:
Under (225.5)
- In 23 of 35 games this season, the Cavaliers and their opponents have combined to score more than 225.5 points.
- Thunder games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 225.5 points in 14 of 35 outings.
- Cleveland has an average total of 228.1 in its outings this year, 2.6 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- Oklahoma City has had an average of 223.3 points scored in its games so far this season, 2.2 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
- The Cavaliers are the fourth-highest scoring team in the NBA this year. The Thunder have scored the 12th-most points.
- The Cavaliers are the league’s eighth-ranked scoring defense while the Thunder are the top-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Cavaliers (-135)
- The Cavaliers have entered the game as favorites 32 times this season and won 29, or 90.6%, of those games.
- The Thunder came away victorious in the one game they played as the underdog this season.
- This season, Cleveland has won 28 of its 31 games, or 90.3%, when favored by at least -135 on the moneyline.
- Oklahoma City has been named as an underdog of +110 or more just one time this season and came away with a victory in that game.
- The Cavaliers have a 57.4% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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