The Cleveland Cavaliers look to stay hot against LeBron James' old team when they host the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are 9-2 straight up and 6-5 against the spread over their last 11 games. With a full three days of rest since their last game, the Cavaliers host the Miami Heat Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena.
Cleveland is a 12-point betting favorite over Miami according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Cavaliers were also a 12-point favorite the last time they hosted the Heat in a 113-93 win and cover back on Feb. 11.
With a 29-7 SU and 24-12 ATS record over the team's last 36 games, the Cavaliers have climbed all the way up to second place in the Eastern Conference and would have home court advantage over every team besides Atlanta in the Eastern Conference should they hold on to that spot.
Cleveland enters Thursday's game with a perfect 16-0 SU record over its last 16 games at home with a 12-4 ATS record over that stretch, according to the OddsShark NBA Database. The Cavaliers have been favored by double digits in each of their last six home games and in 10 of their last 12 outings.
The Cavs are comfortably in a playoff spot, but the Heat are still fighting for their playoff lives with Brooklyn, Boston, Indiana and Charlotte. Entering play on Wednesday, Miami held the No. 7 seed in the East and would play Cleveland in the first round. The Heat are 5-4 SU and ATS over their last nine games.
The UNDER is 6-1 over Miami's last seven games and 2-0 in Cleveland's last two games. Thursday's total is set at 200 points at the sportsbooks for the Heat vs. Cavaliers betting matchup.
The Heat actually own the series lead between these two teams right now at 2-1, upsetting Cleveland with double-digit wins both times that the Cavaliers visited Miami this season. Of course, Cleveland returned the favor with a 20-point win when these teams met in Cleveland.
With the way that the Cavaliers are playing at home right now, the Heat will need to bring their best effort to buck the trend of double-digit wins for the home team.
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