Cleveland Cavaliers (46-32) at Los Angeles Clippers (49-28)
Game Info: Sunday, April 7th, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. EST (Crypo.com Arena)
Betting Odds: Clippers -4.5 (-105) - Over/Under (219.5)
Pick: Clippers -4.5 (-105)
With the regular season only a week or so away from coming to an end, both of these teams will be looking to pick up a crucial victory heading into the postseason. This game has the opportunity to be a huge momentum boost for the team that comes out on top here on Sunday afternoon in California. As the Cleveland Cavaliers will be continuing their West Coast road trip this time against the Los Angeles Clippers. It should be a solid game between some of the biggest stars in the NBA here on Sunday afternoon as teams like to build up as much momentum as possible before heading into the playoffs.
The year 2024 has been a tale of two stories for the Cleveland Cavaliers, as they came out of the gates hot in January. They were running through their schedule with relative ease, but they have run into some issues as injury problems have presented themselves for the second time this season. They are struggling down the final stretch of the season, and they risk dropping out of the top four in the Eastern Conference when they originally sat in second place at one point earlier in the year. If Cleveland does drop out of the top four in the conference, it means they will be on the road for the opening playoff series.
That is not something they would like to happen, despite their above average play away from home this year. Cleveland is playing the second game of a back-to-back here on Sunday afternoon after losing to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday in a game that was never really competitive. Cleveland will need to get things back on track heading into the postseason or this is a team that risks a second consecutive opening round exit after being upset by the New York Knicks last season. The Cavaliers will be looking to pick up a crucial and much-needed victory here on Sunday afternoon to kick off the last week of the regular season.
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The Los Angeles Clippers have been playing solid basketball this season, and they will head into the postseason as a potential sleeper team to bring home the NBA championship. After struggling when initially adding James Harden to the roster, they have finally picked it up, and they are playing like one of the best teams in the NBA at the moment. Los Angeles comes into this game with 49 victories through their first 78 games of the season and they will look to finish the regular season on a high note. If they can continue to play as well as they’ve been playing coming down the stretch, they have an opportunity to make a ton of noise in the playoffs this season.
Los Angeles also has an opportunity to give Cleveland their second loss for the second day in a row. As they will look to further add to the Cavaliers struggles coming down the stretch run of the season as well. The Clippers come into this game after winning two in a row and seven out of their last 10 on the year and they will look to make it three in a row here on Sunday. They are currently in the top half of the standings in their conference, and they will look to secure themselves a spot in the top four and get home court advantage for the opening round of the postseason. Los Angeles has been successful against the East this season, and they will look to continue that success with another solid performance against Cleveland.
Betting trends to consider in this matchup:
- Los Angeles is 24-13 at home
- Cleveland is 5-9 in game 2 of back-to-backs
- Los Angeles is 23-11 as a home favorite
I look for this game on Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles to be similar to the game that was played on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. As I looked for the Los Angeles Clippers to control the majority of the game and pick up the victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers here in this one. Not only do I look for the Los Angeles Clippers to pick up the victory here in this game on Sunday, but I also look for them to cover the spread against Cleveland in the process. As Los Angeles has been playing incredible basketball, and I think the home fans will factor into the outcome of this game as well.
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