NBA Best Bets: Cavaliers vs. Pacers Picks for January 12
Published 6:39 pm Saturday, January 11, 2025
Two hot teams meet 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 8.5-point underdogs and will try to keep their 12-game win streak allive against the Cavaliers, who have won 12 straight.
Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Sunday’s game, before you make a wager on this matchup?
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Cavaliers vs. Pacers Game Info
- When: Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET
- Where: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio
- TV: FDSOH and FDSIN
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Cavaliers vs. Pacers Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Cavaliers (- 8.5)
- Cleveland is 26-11-0 against the spread this season.
- Against the spread, Indiana is 19-20-0 this season.
- Against the spread as 8.5-point favorites or more, the Cavaliers are 12-9.
- As a 8.5-point underdog or more, the Pacers have one win ATS (1-1) this year.
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Pick OU:
Under (238.5)
- The Cavaliers and their opponents have combined to score more than 238.5 points in 13 of 37 games this season.
- The Pacers have played 12 games this season that ended with a combined score over 238.5 points.
- Cleveland’s outings this year have an average point total of 228.4, 10.1 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- Indiana’s games this season have had an average of 231.5 points, seven fewer points than this game’s total.
- The Pacers are the league’s fourth-highest scoring team this season compared to the second-ranked Cavaliers.
- The Cavaliers are the league’s 12th-ranked scoring defense while the Pacers are the 26th-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Cavaliers (-400)
- The Cavaliers have entered the game as favorites 34 times this season and won 31, or 91.2%, of those games.
- The Pacers have been victorious in nine, or 50%, of the 18 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- Cleveland has a record of 18-1, a 94.7% win rate, when it’s favored by -400 or more by bookmakers this season.
- This year, Indiana has won one of two games when listed as at least +310 or better on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 80% chance of a victory for the Cavaliers.
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