The Cleveland Cavaliers (36-8) face the Houston Rockets (29-14) as 3.5-point favorites on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET on SCHN and FDSOH.

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Cavaliers vs. Rockets Game Info & Odds

• Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
• Time: 7:30 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: SCHN and FDSOH
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: Cleveland, Ohio
• Venue: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

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Cavaliers vs. Rockets Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Cavaliers 116 – Rockets 111

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Spread & Total Prediction for Cavaliers vs. Rockets

• Pick ATS: Cavaliers (- 3.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Cavaliers (-4.9)
• Pick OU:

  Over (226.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 227.7

• The Cavaliers have been more successful against the spread than the Rockets this season, sporting an ATS record of 29-15-0, as opposed to the 25-18-0 record of the Rockets.
• As a 3.5-point favorite or more in 2024-25, Cleveland is 23-12 against the spread compared to the 2-4 ATS record Houston puts up as a 3.5-point underdog.
• Cleveland and its opponents have gone over the point total 63.6% of the time this season (28 out of 44). That’s more often than Houston and its opponents have (23 out of 43).
• As a moneyline underdog this year, the Rockets are 7-7, while the Cavaliers are 34-6 as moneyline favorites.

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Cavaliers Performance Insights

• The Cavaliers are allowing 112.0 points per game this season (12th-ranked in NBA), but they’ve really thrived on offense, putting up 121.8 points per contest (second-best).
• With 44.0 rebounds per game, Cleveland ranks 17th in the NBA. It cedes 43.6 rebounds per contest, which ranks 12th in the league.
• The Cavaliers have been one of the top teams in the league when it comes to assists, as they are delivering 29.0 per game (fourth-best in NBA).
• Cleveland is forcing 14.3 turnovers per game this season (eighth-ranked in NBA), but it has averaged only 12.5 turnovers per contest (fifth-best).
• When it comes to three-point shooting, everything is clicking for the Cavaliers, who are draining 16.3 treys per game (second-best in NBA) and shooting 39.7% from beyond the arc (best).

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Rockets Performance Insights

• The Rockets are 13th in the league in points scored (113.7 per game) and fourth-best in points conceded (107.8).
• Houston is the best squad in the league in rebounds per game (48.5) and is ranked ninth in rebounds allowed (43.1).
• This season the Rockets are second-worst in the NBA in assists at 22.4 per game.
• In terms of turnovers, Houston is ninth in the NBA in committing them (13.0 per game). It is seventh in forcing them (14.8 per game).
• In 2024-25 the Rockets are 23rd in the NBA in 3-point makes (12.3 per game) and fourth-worst in 3-point percentage (34.0%).

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