NBA on ABC: Cavs Host the Rockets

Rockets and Cavs on ABC in Prime-time

The Houston Rockets and the Cleveland Cavaliers meet in prime-time on Saturday at Quicken Loans Arena. The nationally televised game will tip-off at 8:30 pm EST and will be on ABC.

Oddsmakers have Houston as 3-point favorites. The total is at 231.

The Houston Rockets are rolling. They are well on the way to molding themselves into a deep, explosive team. They may be the only team capable of challenging the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals.

The Cleveland Cavaliers' are in disarray. Their best player is trying to beat back rumors that he may join the Warriors this summer. LeBron James dismissed the reports as "nonsense". He was disputing a report from ESPN that he would "take" a meeting with the Warriors in free agency if they cleared the cap space to give him a max contract.

James can become a free agent if he declines his $35.6 million contract option with the Cavaliers.

Cavaliers Trying to Keep Pace With Boston

Cleveland won its last outing, a 91-89 result against the Miami Heat on January 31. The Cavaliers failed to cover in that game as a -2.5-point favorite, while the 180 combined points took the game UNDER the total.

Cleveland was six games in back of Boston in the East when play began Friday.

Kevin Love is out eight weeks with a broken bone in his left hand.

Rockets Look for Sweep of Cavliers

Last time out for Houston, they were a 102-91 winner as they battled the San Antonio Spurs on the road. The Rockets covered in the match as a -2.5-point favorite, while 193 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

The Rockets beat Cleveland 117-113 on Nov. 7. Chris Paul didn't play in that game for Houston and Kevin Love was out there for the Cavs. Paul is healthy. He will be alongside James Harden against a team that struggles to guard the perimeter.

The Rocket trail the Warriors by 2.5 games in the West. They won their third straight and seventh out of the last eight when they beat San Antonio Thursday.

Harden has scored 88 points in his last two games. This is including his 60-point outburst in a triple-double against Orlando. Harden posted 35 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds last time out against the Cavs.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Houston	37-13	24-25-1	113.84	106.16	7.68	10-15-1	14-10	22-27-1	15-11	7-16-1
Cleveland	30-20	14-35-1	109.60	109.34	0.25999999999999	5-19-1	9-16	25-23-2	12-11-2	13-12

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
HOU	22.02	13.96	1.58
CLE	23.44	14.04	1.67

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
HOU	9.34	34.30	43.64
CLE	8.32	33.42	41.74

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
HOU	45.99	47.00	-1.01
CLE	47.12	47.42	-0.3

Team Records

Houston Rockets

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	37-13	20-6	17-7	24-25-1	10-15-1	14-10	113.84	106.16	7.68
Last 10	8-2	5-0	3-2	5-5	2-3	3-2	109.10	101.60	7.50
vs Div	7-3	4-1	3-2	6-4	3-2	3-2	107.50	100.60	6.90
vs EAST	15-5	8-2	7-3	7-12-1	1-8-1	6-4	111.45	104.45	7.00
vs WEST	22-8	12-4	10-4	17-13	9-7	8-6	115.43	107.30	8.13

Cleveland Cavaliers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	30-20	19-6	11-14	14-35-1	5-19-1	9-16	109.60	109.34	0.26
Last 10	4-6	4-2	0-4	2-8	2-4	0-4	107.30	113.90	-6.60
vs Div	8-5	5-1	3-4	5-7-1	2-3-1	3-4	113.31	107.85	5.46
vs EAST	23-11	13-4	10-7	11-22-1	4-12-1	7-10	110.06	107.74	2.32
vs WEST	7-9	6-2	1-7	3-13	1-7	2-6	108.63	112.75	-4.12

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	113.84	2	109.34	26
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	110.88	2	109.56	28
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	43.54	14	44.00	22
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	109.60	5	106.16	18
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	111.20	5	103.54	5
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	40.96	28	41.92	4

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Houston	8-2	6-4	4-6	108.70	54.70	44.55	40.00	107/313	7.50
Cleveland	2-8	4-6	4-6	102.10	54.20	46.80	43.90	116/339	8.80

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Nov 9, 2017	CLE	113	HOU	117	-6	CLE	227.5	O	CLE	HOU	HOU	67	65	55.6	46.8	26	45	12/27	16/46	9	11
Mar 12, 2017	CLE	112	HOU	117	-7	CLE	236	U	CLE	HOU	CLE	67	58	52.5	42.7	38	52	17/43	16/45	3	10
Nov 1, 2016	HOU	120	CLE	128	-9.5	HOU	217.5	O	CLE	CLE	HOU	59	63	47.8	51.8	32	46	17/44	16/32	5	4
Mar 29, 2016	HOU	106	CLE	100	-2	HOU	212	U	HOU	HOU	CLE	40	59	48.1	36	55	38	9/25	14/40	7	5
Jan 15, 2016	CLE	91	HOU	77	2	CLE	205	U	CLE	CLE	CLE	46	35	39.1	35.1	49	40	8/35	6/25	10	10
Mar 1, 2015	CLE	103	HOU	105	-1	HOU	206.5	O	HOU	CLE	CLE	47	50	40.8	45.9	53	36	12/40	11/30	11	11
Jan 7, 2015	HOU	105	CLE	93	6	HOU	198.5	U	HOU	HOU	HOU	49	48	45.3	41.5	50	37	12/34	10/29	9	9
Mar 22, 2014	HOU	118	CLE	111	8.5	CLE	204	O	CLE	CLE	HOU	67	55	48.1	50	31	49	12/35	6/17	9	7
Feb 1, 2014	CLE	92	HOU	106	-12	HOU	206.5	U	HOU	HOU	CLE	52	61	43.7	51.3	32	44	8/30	7/26	8	8
Mar 22, 2013	CLE	78	HOU	116	-12	HOU	212.5	U	HOU	HOU	HOU	43	58	36	57.1	32	54	4/20	10/29	9	8

NBA Betting Trends

Houston Rockets
Houston is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Houston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Houston's last 10 games
Houston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Houston is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Houston's last 11 games on the road
Houston is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing Cleveland
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 7 games when playing on the road against Cleveland

Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland is 2-11 ATS in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games
Cleveland is 5-19-1 ATS in its last 25 games at home
Cleveland is 17-2 SU in its last 19 games at home
Cleveland is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games when playing Houston
Cleveland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston
Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 7 games when playing at home against Houston

Team Last 5 Games

Houston Rockets

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Feb 1, 2018	SAN	102-91	W	-2.5	208.5	W/U	44.58	82.35	14	A
Jan 30, 2018	ORL	114-107	W	-13	219.5	L/O	50.65	82.14	13	H
Jan 28, 2018	PHO	113-102	W	-14.5	225.5	L/U	44.44	77.55	11	H
Jan 26, 2018	NOH	113-115	L	-4.5	228	L/P	46.15	82.86	12	A
Jan 24, 2018	DAL	104-97	W	-6.5	216.5	W/U	43.90	47.83	21	A

Cleveland Cavaliers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 31, 2018	MIA	91-89	W	-2.5	217.5	L/U	35.00	76.32	6	H
Jan 30, 2018	DET	114-125	L	-6	219.5	L/O	45.24	78.12	13	A
Jan 28, 2018	DET	121-104	W	-7.5	219	W/O	50.60	84.62	15	H
Jan 26, 2018	IND	115-108	W	-6	223	W/P	56.10	76.92	13	H
Jan 23, 2018	SAN	102-114	L	-2.5	210.5	L/O	48.61	83.87	6	A

Next up:
Houston at Brooklyn Tuesday, February 6
Cleveland at Orlando Tuesday, February 6

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