North Carolina and Ohio State Meet in CBS Sports Classic

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The fans at Smoothie King Center will see the Ohio State Buckeyes and the 5th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels battle on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic. Tip-off is at 1:30 pm EST and CBS Sports will have the telecast.

This will be the 3,000th game in North Carolina program history. They are a stellar 2,216-783 all-time record.

Oddsmakers opened the Tar Heels as -6.5-point favorites versus the Buckeyes, while the game's total opened at 158. The line is UNC -7.5 and the total has dropped to 154.

Last time out for North Carolina, they were a 79-75 loser as they battled the Wofford Terriers at home. They failed to cover in the match as a -25-point favorite.

The Tar Heels were off their game offensively against Wofford. They also had trouble defensively inside. UNC coach Roy Williams will want to fix their problems in the final non-conference game on their schedule.

North Carolina hasn't dropped consecutive games since February 2016.

North Carolina had transfer Cameron Johnson playing for the first time in the Wofford game. He scored 10 points as a reserve after coming off knee surgery.

Center Micah Potter is working his way back into the rotation. He has missed time with an ankle injury. He started four games earlier this season.

In the loss to Wofford, UNC shot a season-high 38 free throws. The team made 28 of them.

UNC leads the series with Ohio State by an 11-2 record. Williams is 4-0. The Tar Heels have won the last six matchups.

Ohio State has had a Tough Schedule So Far

Ohio State was a 94-65 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Citadel Bulldogs. They failed to cover the -31.5-point spread as favorites.

Ohio State was unranked two years ago when it defeated No. 4 Kentucky in the CBS Sports Classic.

The Buckeyes will have played both teams that were in the 2017 national championship game after today. They lost in November to Gonzaga. The score was 86-59 in the PK80 Invitational in Portland, Ore.

Ohio State last played both title game combatants from the previous season in 1993-94. That year they lost to North Carolina and fell twice to Michigan.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Ohio State	10-3	5-6	79.46	67.08	12.38	3-4	1-0	2-9	1-6	1-0
North Carolina	10-2	7-4	86.17	71.92	14.25	4-1	2-0	6-4-1	4-0-1	1-1

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
OHIOS	15.62	13.62	1.15
UNC	18.25	13.33	1.37

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
OHIOS	10.46	27.46	37.92
UNC	13.00	31.17	44.17

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
OHIOS	49.54	41.49	8.05
UNC	48.07	40.16	7.91

Team Records

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-3	9-2	1-1	5-6	4-5	1-1	79.46	67.08	12.38
Last 10	7-3	6-2	1-1	5-5	4-4	1-1	77.40	67.20	10.20
vs Conf	2-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	77.00	60.00	17.00

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-2	6-1	4-1	7-4	4-2	3-2	86.17	71.92	14.25
Last 10	8-2	4-1	4-1	6-4	3-2	3-2	85.50	71.30	14.20
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00

CBS Sports Classic Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	79.46	77	71.92	150
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	86.17	19	67.08	74

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Ohio State	0-4	0-4	3-1	72.75	33.75	38.95	35.00	39/109	6.50
North Carolina	4-0	4-0	3-1	80.75	38.50	45.85	44.50	23/64	6.25

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
Dec 20, 2014	OHIOS	74	UNC	82	-1	UNC	145	O	UNC	UNC	OHIOS	31	43	34.7	44.6	40	53	10/29	3/13	6	5
Nov 19, 2009	UNC	77	OHIOS	73	1.5	UNC	147	O	UNC	OHIOS	UNC	38	24	49.1	43.3	33	37	7/15	6/21	8	8
Nov 28, 2007	UNC	66	OHIOS	55	5.5	UNC	149	U	UNC	UNC	OHIOS	29	32	38	27.1	54	38	5/18	10/33	2	7
Nov 29, 2006	OHIOS	89	UNC	98	-7.5	UNC	158	O	UNC	UNC	OHIOS	48	44	52.3	53.1	25	38	13/26	8/18	5	10

CBS Sports Classic Betting Odds Trends

Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Ohio State's last 11 games

North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
North Carolina is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games

Team Last 5 Games

Ohio State Buckeyes

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 19, 2017	CITDL	94-65	W	-31.5	176.5	L/U	50.00	77.78	13	H
Dec 16, 2017	APPST	80-67	W	-16	153	L/U	52.63	73.91	3	H
Dec 9, 2017	W&M	97-62	W	-17.5	160	W/U	64.81	69.57	11	H
Dec 4, 2017	MICH	71-62	W	-2	134.5	W/U	48.89	75.86	5	H
Dec 2, 2017	WISCN	83-58	W	8.5	134.5	W/O	65.96	73.68	7	A

North Carolina Tar Heels

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 20, 2017	WOFFD	75-79	L	-25	154	L/P	36.36	73.68	7	H
Dec 17, 2017	TENN	78-73	W	0	155.5	W/U	43.28	73.68	6	A
Dec 6, 2017	W.CAR	104-61	W	-32	154.5	W/O	56.92	66.67	16	H
Dec 3, 2017	TULAN	97-73	W	-20	159	W/O	65.52	55.17	5	H
Dec 1, 2017	DAVID	85-75	W	-11	160.5	L/U	47.06	69.57	5	A

Next up:
Ohio State home to Miami-Ohio Saturday, December 30
North Carolina home to Wake Forest Saturday, December 30

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DXL Frisco Bowl: SMU and Louisiana Tech Square Off

Inaugural DXL Frisco Bowl Could be High-Scoring

The LA Tech Bulldogs and the SMU Mustangs will meet in the Inaugural DXL Frisco Bowl on Wednesday night. Toyota Stadium, the home of Dallas FC, will host the event and kick-off will be at 8 pm EST. ESPN will have the coverage.

Oddsmakers opened the Mustangs as -5-point favorites versus the Bulldogs, while the game's total opened at 68. SMU is now a 4-point favorite. The total has climbed to 71.

SMU has had a stressful time going on lately. The Mustangs are preparing for their first bowl game since 2012. With a change of head coaches since the end of the regular season, they have had more than just the normal game week prep.

Sonny Dykes, the Mustangs new head coach, will be leading his team against his former squad. Dykes coached LaTech from 2010-12.

This will be the fifth ever meeting between the two schools. Louisiana Tech has won three times. The Bulldogs won the most recent meeting 41-10 in Dallas.

DXL Frisco Bowl is Chance to get Used to New System

SMU won its last outing, a 41-38 result against the Tulane Green Wave on November 25. SMU failed to cover in that game as a -7.5-point favorite, while the 79 combined points took the game OVER the total.

The Mustangs finished the 2017 regular season 7-5. The seven wins are the most for SMU since 2012. It is the most in a regular season since 2011.

Only nine days will have passed between Dykes' hiring and the playing of the Frisco Bowl. Dykes takes over the surging Mustangs' program from Chad Morris. He left the school to become coach at Arkansas.

That's not nearly enough time for Dykes to install his Air Raid offense. In this game he will just sit back and let some of the team's remaining assistants call the game.

SMU is one of only two teams in the country with a 3,000-yard passer, in Ben Hicks, a 1,000-yard rusher, in Xavier Jones and two 1,000 yard receivers in Courtland Sutton and Trey Quinn. Quinn leads the nation in receptions per game at 8.8.

LaTech Became Eligible for DXL Frisco Bowl in Season Finale

LA Tech was a 20-6 winner in their most recent outing at home against UTSA Roadrunners. They covered the +1-point spread as underdogs, while the total score (26) made winners of UNDER bettors.

Louisiana Tech is 6-6 and didn't become bowl eligible until the regular-season finale versus Texas-San Antonio. There were 81 teams eligible to earn a bowl game invitation. That was three more than the 78 total spots. The Bulldogs ended up one of the fortunate 6-6 teams to be extended an invitation to the postseason game.

Quarterback J'Mar Smith threw for 2,758 yards and 13 touchdowns this season. That includes five scores to Conference USA co-newcomer of the year Teddy Veal. Veal had 69 catches and 832 yards.

Defensively, defensive end Jaylon Ferguson has 26.5 career sacks. He had a team-high six sacks while senior safety Secdrick Cooper had 63 tackles and two interceptions. Cornerback Amik Robertson led the team with four interceptions to go with 58 tackles and two sacks.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Louisiana Tech	6-6	6-6	28.75	26.67	2.08	2-5	4-1	6-6	4-3	2-3
Southern Methodist	7-5	6-6	40.17	35.50	4.67	5-2	1-4	7-5	4-3	3-2

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
LATECH	14.15	14.82	-0.67
SMU	12.3	13.71	-1.41

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
LATECH	12.82	11.91	0.91
SMU	14.00	14.20	-0.2

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
LATECH	4.60	4.77	-0.17
SMU	5.02	5.04	-0.02

Team Records

LA Tech Bulldogs

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	6-6	3-4	3-2	6-6	2-5	4-1	28.75	26.67	2.08
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Last 3	2-1	1-1	1-0	2-1	1-1	1-0	28.33	25.00	3.33

SMU Mustangs

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	7-5	6-1	1-4	6-6	5-2	1-4	40.17	35.50	4.67
vs Conf	4-4	3-1	1-3	2-6	2-2	0-4	36.25	37.88	-1.63
Last 3	1-2	1-0	0-2	0-3	0-1	0-2	42.00	49.00	-7.00

DXL Frisco Bowl Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	28.75	64	35.50	112
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	40.17	8	26.67	67

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Louisiana Tech	3-1	3-1	1-1	38.00	165.00	5.50	29.75	55.46	242.50	407.50	1.00
Southern Methodist	1-3	1-3	1-1	14.75	114.00	2.78	39.25	52.23	220.00	334.00	3.00

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Oct 16, 2004	LATECH	SMU	41-10	277	313	590	1	62	288	350	5
Nov 8, 2003	SMU	LATECH	6-41	162	80	242	2	192	209	401	1
Oct 19, 2002	LATECH	SMU	34-37	135	259	394	1	162	296	458	2
Sep 1, 2001	SMU	LATECH	6-36	70	216	286	3	56	189	245	1

DXL Frisco Bowl Betting Trends

LA Tech Bulldogs
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Louisiana Tech's last 25 games

SMU Mustangs
Southern Methodist is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games

Team Last 5 Games

LA Tech Bulldogs

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Nov 25, 2017	UTSA	20-6	W	1/52	W/U	193	101	294	110	91	201	0	H
Nov 18, 2017	UTEP	42-21	W	-17/48.5	W/O	343	203	546	163	261	424	-1	A
Nov 11, 2017	FLAATL	23-48	L	3.5/68	L/O	186	326	512	194	221	415	-1	H
Nov 4, 2017	NTEXAS	23-24	L	0/67	L/U	147	168	315	212	203	415	-1	H
Oct 28, 2017	RICE	42-28	W	-11.5/51.5	W/O	180	237	417	247	187	434	-4	A

SMU Mustangs

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Nov 25, 2017	TULANE	41-38	W	-7.5/66	L/O	103	375	478	171	314	485	2	H
Nov 18, 2017	MEMPHS	45-66	L	11/70	L/O	259	218	477	333	331	664	0	A
Nov 11, 2017	NAVY	40-43	L	1.5/66	L/O	165	261	426	559	0	559	0	A
Nov 4, 2017	UCF	24-31	L	14/75	W/U	206	283	489	203	412	615	-2	H
Oct 27, 2017	TULSA	38-34	W	-12/77	L/U	215	366	581	246	212	458	-1	H

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Lakers Visit Streaking Rockets in Houston

Rockets Looking for 14th Straight Win

Is there any stopping the Houston Rockets (24-4 SU, 15-12-1 ATS)? They’ve won 13 straight games at 7-5-1 ATS since Chris Paul made his return to the lineup. The Rockets have another winnable game coming up Wednesday night. They clash with the Los Angeles Lakers (10-17 SU, 13-14 ATS). The game tips off at 8 PM ET on NBA-TV.

Oddsmakers have the Rockets as 15-point favorites and the total is sitting at 226.

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Paul and the Rockets have already defeated Los Angeles once during this hot streak. When they met at Staples Center on December 3, Paul had 21 points and six assists.  He was one of three Houston players to top the 20-point mark. They beat the Lakers 118-95.

The Rockets easily covered the 12.5-point spread. James Harden led all scorers with 36 points, while reigning Sixth Man of the Year Eric Gordon contributed 22 points off the bench.

The Lakers were close to full strength for that game. They’ll be missing one of their key starters for the rematch. SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope isn’t allowed to leave the state of California because of a legal matter.

The 3-and-D specialist has been one of LA’s better players this year. He scored 16 points in the first game against Houston, connecting on four of his seven 3-point attempts.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
LA Lakers	10-18	14-14	106.61	109.57	-2.96	8-6	6-8	14-14	8-6	6-8
Houston	25-4	16-12-1	115.28	104.00	11.28	7-8-1	9-4	15-14	9-7	6-7

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
LAL	23.14	16.57	1.4
HOU	22.69	14.90	1.52

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
LAL	10.71	35.86	46.57
HOU	9.03	35.17	44.2

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
LAL	45.55	45.50	0.05
HOU	47.14	46.10	1.04

Team Records

Los Angeles Lakers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-18	6-8	4-10	14-14	8-6	6-8	106.61	109.57	-2.96
Last 10	2-8	0-3	2-5	5-5	2-1	3-4	108.70	114.60	-5.90
vs Div	2-6	0-4	2-2	4-4	2-2	2-2	111.38	116.13	-4.75
vs EAST	6-7	4-2	2-5	7-6	4-2	3-4	104.77	105.15	-0.38
vs WEST	4-11	2-6	2-5	7-8	4-4	3-4	108.20	113.40	-5.20

Houston Rockets

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	25-4	13-3	12-1	16-12-1	7-8-1	9-4	115.28	104.00	11.28
Last 10	10-0	7-0	3-0	5-4-1	3-3-1	2-1	118.60	105.10	13.50
vs Div	5-2	4-1	1-1	4-3	3-2	1-1	108.00	100.43	7.57
vs EAST	11-2	6-2	5-0	5-7-1	1-6-1	4-1	114.00	104.54	9.46
vs WEST	14-2	7-1	7-1	11-5	6-2	5-3	116.31	103.56	12.75

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	106.61	11	104.00	13
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	104.21	13	105.44	20
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	44.71	7	39.63	5
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	115.28	2	109.57	26
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	116.00	2	109.50	24
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	44.00	13	45.14	26

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
LA Lakers	2-8	2-8	6-4	98.40	59.80	48.42	47.30	132/353	12.00
Houston	8-2	8-2	6-4	117.10	49.60	43.47	42.30	68/241	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
Dec 3, 2017	HOU	118	LAL	95	12	HOU	223	U	HOU	LAL	HOU	61	46	50.6	38.1	43	45	14/37	9/28	10	9
Mar 15, 2017	LAL	100	HOU	139	-17.5	HOU	235	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	52	66	46.2	54.9	38	50	3/25	18/43	10	13
Dec 7, 2016	LAL	95	HOU	134	-13.5	HOU	223	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	55	67	39.1	54.3	39	52	5/20	15/36	13	20
Oct 26, 2016	HOU	114	LAL	120	6	LAL	223.5	O	HOU	Push	LAL	71	63	51.2	50.6	39	39	7/29	12/35	10	10
Apr 10, 2016	LAL	110	HOU	130	-14.5	HOU	213	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	53	55	49.4	51	40	48	12/28	17/41	10	11
Jan 17, 2016	HOU	112	LAL	95	9.5	HOU	205.5	O	HOU	HOU	Push	60	57	48.4	45.1	51	36	6/21	6/16	10	8
Dec 17, 2015	HOU	107	LAL	87	6.5	HOU	215	U	LAL	HOU	HOU	52	39	38.6	42.9	54	46	12/31	5/24	9	5
Dec 12, 2015	LAL	97	HOU	126	-12	HOU	212	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	46	63	39.8	52.2	40	52	10/32	15/33	11	16
Jan 25, 2015	HOU	99	LAL	87	8.5	HOU	207	U	LAL	LAL	HOU	52	36	40.2	43	46	53	13/44	1/13	13	4
Nov 19, 2014	LAL	98	HOU	92	-10	LAL	209	U	LAL	LAL	HOU	49	51	40.7	40.5	47	38	5/20	15/38	8	8

NBA Betting Trends

Los Angeles Lakers
LA Lakers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Lakers is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games
LA Lakers is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games on the road
LA Lakers is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Houston
LA Lakers is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 6 games when playing Houston
LA Lakers is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
LA Lakers is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Lakers's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston

Houston Rockets
Houston is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games at home
Houston is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing LA Lakers
Houston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing LA Lakers
Houston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers

Team Last 5 Games

Los Angeles Lakers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 18, 2017	GS	114-116	L	5.5	219	W/O	44.57	62.86	10	H
Dec 14, 2017	CLE	112-121	L	10	220.5	W/O	49.47	64.29	9	A
Dec 12, 2017	NY	109-113	L	2.5	211	L/O	41.18	80.00	13	A
Dec 9, 2017	CHR	110-99	W	3.5	212.5	W/U	50.59	71.43	9	A
Dec 7, 2017	PHI	107-104	W	8.5	222	W/U	43.75	50.00	11	A

Houston Rockets

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 18, 2017	UTA	120-99	W	-12	216.5	W/O	51.95	85.19	17	H
Dec 16, 2017	MIL	115-111	W	-10.5	222	L/O	46.05	80.95	11	H
Dec 15, 2017	SAN	124-109	W	-8	214	W/O	47.25	80.00	18	H
Dec 13, 2017	CHR	108-96	W	-12	219	P/U	44.32	68.42	17	H
Dec 11, 2017	NOH	130-123	W	-13.5	227.5	L/O	54.55	68.00	17	H

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Bucks Host Cavaliers Tuesday

Bucks Look to Cool Red Hot Cavaliers

After some early season troubles, the Cleveland Cavaliers have gotten their act together and are rolling. They’ll be on the road Tuesday to take on the Milwaukee Bucks, one of their toughest division rivals. NBA TV will have the telecast starting at 8 pm EST.

Oddsmakers have the Cavaliers as a 1-point road favorite. The total is kicking around between 217 and 217.5.

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Including their win in Washington Sunday night, the Cavaliers have won 18 of their last 19 games. LeBron James had 20 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds That was his sixth triple-double of the season and the 61^st of his career. He moved to sixth on the all-time list.

Going into Monday’s games, Cleveland is second in the East only two games behind Boston. That was unheard of the way the Cavs started the season.

The Bucks, meanwhile, lost 115-111 Saturday night in Houston. It was their third loss in a row. Giannis Antetokounmpo put up 28 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals. It wasn’t enough to carry the Bucks to victory. They’re now just two games above .500.

The Cavaliers are 8-2 straight up and 5-4-1 ATS in their last 10 meetings with the Bucks. They have won five straight. Eight games have went over the posted total. Cleveland has won both meetings this season. Covering in one game and coming up with a push in the other.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Cleveland	23-8	11-19-1	111.06	107.06	4	2-14-1	9-5	15-15-1	8-8-1	7-7
Milwaukee	15-13	12-14-2	104.46	105.00	-0.54000000000001	5-8-1	7-6-1	18-10	8-6	10-4

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
CLE	23.97	14.00	1.71
MIL	22.07	12.75	1.73

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
CLE	8.00	33.87	41.87
MIL	7.68	30.71	38.39

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
CLE	48.37	46.42	1.95
MIL	47.98	46.55	1.43

Team Records

Cleveland Cavaliers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	23-8	13-4	10-4	11-19-1	2-14-1	9-5	111.06	107.06	4.00
Last 10	9-1	6-0	3-1	3-7	1-5	2-2	111.70	104.00	7.70
vs Div	5-2	2-1	3-1	3-3-1	0-2-1	3-1	113.86	105.29	8.57
vs EAST	17-6	8-4	9-2	9-13-1	2-9-1	7-4	111.00	106.26	4.74
vs WEST	6-2	5-0	1-2	2-6	0-5	2-1	111.25	109.38	1.87

Milwaukee Bucks

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	15-13	9-5	6-8	12-14-2	5-8-1	7-6-1	104.46	105.00	-0.54
Last 10	6-4	4-1	2-3	5-4-1	2-2-1	3-2	108.20	104.00	4.20
vs Div	2-4	2-2	0-2	0-4-2	0-3-1	0-1-1	104.00	109.17	-5.17
vs EAST	5-8	3-4	2-4	3-8-2	1-5-1	2-3-1	103.85	106.69	-2.84
vs WEST	10-5	6-1	4-4	9-6	4-3	5-3	105.00	103.53	1.47

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	111.06	3	105.00	14
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	112.00	3	102.43	12
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	42.79	16	42.93	17
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	104.46	16	107.06	22
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	102.57	23	105.14	13
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	37.79	29	42.00	5

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Cleveland	8-2	5-4-1	8-2	111.20	53.30	47.92	37.70	78/218	7.40
Milwaukee	2-8	4-5-1	8-2	103.10	57.90	48.39	43.00	129/309	5.30

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 7, 2017	MIL	119	CLE	124	-5	Push	221.5	O	MIL	CLE	MIL	67	65	56.6	50	36	39	13/30	9/18	6	7
Oct 20, 2017	CLE	116	MIL	97	-1	CLE	209.5	O	CLE	CLE	Push	55	49	54.3	46.3	44	30	11/26	11/35	8	8
Feb 27, 2017	MIL	95	CLE	102	-9.5	MIL	218.5	U	CLE	CLE	MIL	50	52	44.6	50	33	45	11/29	10/27	3	4
Dec 21, 2016	MIL	102	CLE	113	-6.5	CLE	206.5	O	CLE	CLE	CLE	54	59	46.8	49.4	39	44	9/22	15/27	7	3
Dec 20, 2016	CLE	114	MIL	108	3.5	CLE	212.5	O	MIL	MIL	CLE	57	53	40.7	46	43	51	17/40	7/27	5	6
Nov 29, 2016	CLE	101	MIL	118	7	MIL	213	O	MIL	MIL	CLE	54	58	42.7	53.5	35	43	14/39	7/19	7	15
Apr 5, 2016	CLE	109	MIL	80	9.5	CLE	203	U	CLE	Push	CLE	67	43	54.7	39.8	41	41	18/36	4/16	4	7
Mar 23, 2016	MIL	104	CLE	113	-11	MIL	207.5	O	MIL	CLE	CLE	61	63	53.8	48.2	31	42	7/16	10/34	8	6
Nov 19, 2015	MIL	100	CLE	115	-10	CLE	192.5	O	CLE	CLE	CLE	48	63	52.1	56.3	22	43	3/8	11/24	8	3
Nov 14, 2015	CLE	105	MIL	108	5	MIL	195	O	MIL	CLE	CLE	44	50	40.7	42.2	54	51	14/38	6/16	6	6

NBA Betting Trends

Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland's last 8 games
Cleveland is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Cleveland is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games on the road
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing Milwaukee
Cleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Cleveland's last 9 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee

Milwaukee Bucks
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games
Milwaukee is 2-4-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games at home
Milwaukee is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Milwaukee is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games when playing Cleveland
Milwaukee is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Milwaukee's last 9 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Team Last 5 Games

Cleveland Cavaliers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 17, 2017	WAS	106-99	W	2.5	215	W/U	47.13	83.33	14	A
Dec 16, 2017	UTA	109-100	W	-9.5	212	L/U	53.16	88.24	10	H
Dec 14, 2017	LAL	121-112	W	-10	220.5	L/O	50.00	80.00	15	H
Dec 12, 2017	ATL	123-114	W	-12	215	L/O	55.81	70.00	20	H
Dec 9, 2017	PHI	105-98	W	-5.5	220.5	W/U	48.00	76.00	14	H

Milwaukee Bucks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 16, 2017	HOU	111-115	L	10.5	222	W/O	46.34	81.82	8	A
Dec 15, 2017	CHI	109-115	L	-8.5	204.5	L/O	48.19	68.97	9	H
Dec 13, 2017	NOH	108-115	L	2.5	217.5	L/O	46.32	63.16	8	A
Dec 9, 2017	UTA	117-100	W	-1	197	W/O	54.32	84.62	7	H
Dec 8, 2017	DAL	109-102	W	-6.5	202	W/O	45.57	85.29	8	H

 

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