NBA Best Bets: Cavaliers vs. Pacers Picks for January 12
Published 6:39 pm Saturday, January 11, 2025
Two streaking teams hit the court 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 intact against the Cavaliers, who have won 12 straight.
Why don’t you check out the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Sunday’s game, before you make a wager on this contest?
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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 has beaten the spread 26 times in 37 games.
- Indiana’s record against the spread is 19-20-0.
- Against the spread as 8.5-point favorites or more, the Cavaliers are 12-9.
- As a 8.5-point underdog or greater, 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 gone over 238.5 combined points in 13 of 37 games this season.
- The Pacers have played 12 games this season that finished with a combined score higher than 238.5 points.
- The average total in Cleveland’s games this season is 228.4, 10.1 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- The average total for Indiana’s games this season is 231.5 points, seven fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The Cavaliers are the second-highest scoring team in the league this year. The Pacers have scored the fourth-most points.
- The Cavaliers are the NBA’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 underdogs in 18 games this season and have come away with the win nine times (50%) in those contests.
- 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 season, Indiana has come away with a win one time in two chances when named as an underdog of at least +310 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Cavaliers have a 80% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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