Cleveland Cavaliers vs Charlotte Hornets Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 4 (2/4): NBA

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Charlotte Hornets Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 4 (2/4): NBA

Credit: photo by Sam Sharpe-USA TODAY Sports

 
Odds
Time 7:10 p.m. EST
Cavs money line +176
Cavs spread +4.5
Hornets money line -189
Hornets spread -4.5
Over / under 216.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Cleveland Cavaliers Charlotte Hornets
Record 31-21 28-24
Road / home record 15-12 14-8
Streak 1L 2L
Points per game 106.77 114.35
Points allowed per game 102.46 114.60
Rebounds per game 45.12 44.35
Rebounds allowed per game 43.37 47.38
Over / under record 20-31-1 19-25-1

 

Preview

The Cleveland Cavaliers travel to Charlotte to play the Hornets on Friday night. These teams have met twice so far this season, the Hornets won and covered as -2.5 pts road favorites in October as they beat the Cavs 123-112. The 2nd time they met, the Cavs won the game as +5 pts road underdogs 113-110.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

The Cavs are coming from a loss against the Rockets, they were outscored by 10 in the second and were never able to get back into the game. Evan Mobley finished with 29 points while Kevin Love came off of the bench to add 21 points and 13 rebounds but the team turned the ball over 17 times and shot just 15-of-27 from the free throw line.

Darius Garland is leading Cleveland in scoring and assists with averages of 19.8 points and 8.2 assists per game and he will be making his first NBA All-Star appearance this season, unfortunately for the Cavs he already has been ruled out for this game and also Lauri Markkanen, one of the team's best perimeter shooters, is out.

The team is averaging 106.8 points on 46.7 percent shooting and allowing 102.5 points on 44.2 percent shooting.

CHARLOTTE HORNETS

The Hornets came up short against the Celtics as they lost 107-113. Lamelo Ball scored a career-high 38 points along with nine assists and six rebounds. Terry Rozier had 23 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 15 points off the bench. 

The team is averaging 114.3 points on 46.1 percent shooting and allowing 114.6 points on 46.5 percent shooting. Miles Bridges is averaging 19.9 points and 3.4 assists, while LaMelo Ball is averaging 19.4 points and 7.2 rebounds.

Gordon Hayward has a chance to return for this game but he could be limited on minutes if he plays. He averages 17 pts, 4.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists.

BETTING TRENDS

Cleveland are 15-11-1 ATS on the road but they're 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games and 1-3-1 ATS last 5 on the road.

Charlotte are 15-7 ATS at home and 9-7-1 ATS as favorite.

Prediction

The Hornets are playing their best basketball at home where they are 14-8 and although they lost to the Cavs at home, Sexton, Garland and Markkanen played in that game so I expect the Hornets to get advantage of this situation and get the win at home.

PICK: Hornets -4.5 (-110)

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