NBA Best Bets: Cavaliers vs. Rockets Picks for January 25
Published 6:39 am Saturday, January 25, 2025
The Cleveland Cavaliers (36-8) are favored by 3.5 points against the Houston Rockets (29-14) on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET. The matchup airs on SCHN and FDSOH.
For the best bets you can make on Saturday’s game, based on our computer predictions, keep reading.
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Cavaliers vs. Rockets Game Info
- When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
- Where: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio
- TV: SCHN and FDSOH
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Cavaliers vs. Rockets Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Cavaliers (- 3.5)
- Cleveland has beaten the spread 29 times in 44 games.
- Houston is 25-18-0 against the spread this year.
- Against the spread as 3.5-point favorites or more, the Cavaliers are 23-12.
- The Rockets have won twice ATS (2-4) as a 3.5-point underdog or more this year.
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Pick OU:
Over (226.5)
- In 28 games this season, the Cavaliers and their opponents have scored more than 226.5 combined points.
- The Rockets have combined with their opponent to score more than 226.5 points in 20 of 43 games this season.
- Cleveland has an average total of 229 in its games this year, 2.5 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- The average total for Houston’s games this season is 222.6 points, 3.9 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The Cavaliers score the second-most points in the NBA this season, while the Rockets’ offense puts up the 16th-most.
- The Cavaliers are the NBA’s 15th-ranked scoring defense while the Rockets are the third-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Cavaliers (-155)
- This season, the Cavaliers have been favored 40 times and won 34, or 85%, of those games.
- The Rockets have been victorious in seven, or 50%, of the 14 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This season, Cleveland has won 32 of its 36 games, or 88.9%, when favored by at least -155 on the moneyline.
- This season, Houston has come away with a win one time in five chances when named as an underdog of at least +125 or longer on the moneyline.
- The Cavaliers have a 60.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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