Cavaliers vs. Pacers Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – January 12
Published 10:17 pm Saturday, January 11, 2025
The Indiana Pacers (21-18) will look to extend a five-game win streak when they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers (33-4) at 6:00 PM ET on Sunday, January 12, 2025 as 9.5-point underdogs. The Cavaliers have won 12 games in a row.
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Cavaliers vs. Pacers Game Info & Odds
- Date: Sunday, January 12, 2025
- Time: 6:00 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: FDSOH and FDSIN
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Venue: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
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Cavaliers vs. Pacers Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Cavaliers 122 – Pacers 110
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Spread & Total Prediction for Cavaliers vs. Pacers
- Pick ATS: Cavaliers (- 9.5)
- Computer Predicted Spread: Cavaliers (-12.2)
- Pick OU:
Under (239.5)
- Computer Predicted Total: 232.6
- The Pacers (19-20-0 ATS) have covered the spread 70.3% of the time, 21.6% less often than the Cavaliers (26-11-0) this year.
- When the spread is set as 9.5 or more this season, Cleveland (11-7) covers a higher percentage of those games when it is the favorite (61.1%) than Indiana (1-1) does as the underdog (50%).
- Cleveland and its opponents have eclipsed the over/under 64.9% of the time this season (24 out of 37). That’s more often than Indiana and its opponents have (23 out of 39).
- As a moneyline underdog this season, the Pacers are 9-9, while the Cavaliers are 31-3 as moneyline favorites.
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Cavaliers Performance Insights
- The Cavaliers are giving up 111.4 points per game this year (12th-ranked in NBA), but they’ve really played well offensively, posting 122.9 points per contest (best).
- So far this year, Cleveland is grabbing 43.6 rebounds per game (18th-ranked in NBA) and ceding 43.8 rebounds per contest (13th-ranked).
- The Cavaliers have been one of the best teams in the league when it comes to assists, as they are dishing out 29.4 per game (fifth-best in NBA).
- Cleveland ranks top-five this season in turnovers, ranking fourth-best in the league with 12.3 turnovers per game. Meanwhile, it ranks eighth with 14.5 forced turnovers per contest.
- In terms of three-point shooting, everything is clicking for the Cavaliers, who are draining 16.3 three-pointers per game (third-best in NBA) and shooting 40.5% from three-point land (best).
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Pacers Performance Insights
- In 2024-25, the Pacers are 11th in the NBA on offense (115.4 points scored per game) and 22nd on defense (115.5 points allowed).
- On the glass, Indiana is fourth-worst in the NBA in rebounds (41.6 per game). It is 14th in rebounds allowed (43.9 per game).
- This season the Pacers are ranked ninth in the league in assists at 28.2 per game.
- In 2024-25, Indiana is eighth in the NBA in turnovers committed (13.0 per game) and 17th in turnovers forced (13.7).
- The Pacers make 12.7 3-pointers per game and shoot 37.3% from beyond the arc, ranking 19th and eighth, respectively, in the league.
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