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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Denver Nuggets
The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Denver Nuggets will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Ball Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Nuggets as -1.5-point favorites versus the Cavaliers, while the game's total opened at 236.
Denver was a 110-100 loser in its last match on the road against the Suns. They failed to cover the -2.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 210 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.
In their last action, Cleveland was a 124-113 winner at home against the Jazz. They failed to cover the -14-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (237) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Cleveland:
Team record: 26-4 SU,21-9 ATS
Current Streak: won 5 straight games.
Cleveland is 12-5 ATS in its last 17 games
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cleveland's last 8 games
Denver:
Team record: 16-12 SU,11-16-1 ATS
Denver is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Denver is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Denver is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home
Next up:
Cleveland at Golden State Monday, December 30
Denver home to Detroit Saturday, December 28