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NBA Preview: LeBron Brings the Heat to Cleveland

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

LeBron James won’t receive a warm welcome home from Cleveland fans tonight but the Heat can burn through Cavaliers on the court. Don’t look now but the Heat are improving Miami have not started the season the way a team with Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and LeBron James ought to. After 19 games they stand...

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NBA: Heat and Lakers Can Enter Break on a High Note

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Miami Heat head north to take on the Raptors while the Lakers look to end their seven game road trip on a winning note as the NBA edges closer to the All-Star break. Hapless Cavs have no hope Yesterday I wrote about how the Lakers need to reach the All-Star break as soon as...

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NBA Draft Odds: Andrew Wiggins favorite No. 1 pick for Cavaliers

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Once again, the 2014 National Basketball Association Entry Draft has become all about Canadian phenom Andrew Wiggins. Wiggins was heralded as the sure-fire No. 1 overall pick at this year’s NBA Draft when he announced he’d play his NBA warmup year with the Kansas Jayhawks. He did nothing to detract from that lofty status with Kansas,...

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Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA Championship Odds Hinge on LeBron James

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Cavaliers’ NBA title hopes come down to just how good LeBron James can be. Just like old times. When James bolted from the Miami Heat to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, he made it clear that sure, he wanted to come back to where it all started, but the focus was always on winning another NBA...

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NBA Finals: Bettors Love LeBron James and Underdog Cavaliers

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t used to playing the underdog, but that’s where they’re at against the Warriors.  When you see a “Beware of Dog” sign on your evening stroll you take notice, just as bettors did when they saw the Cleveland Cavaliers set as +200 underdogs in their NBA Finals series against...

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LeBron James To Become Free Agent July 1st

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

For the third time in his career, LeBron James will be an unrestricted free agent as of July 1st. James will bypass his $21.6 million player option with the Cleveland Cavaliers just weeks after losing the NBA Championship to the Golden State Warriors. It’s expected that James will return to Cleveland, unlike the last two...

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Cavaliers vs. Warriors: NBA Finals Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: May 29, 2017

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors are the first two teams to square off in three straight NBA Finals as hard as that may be to believe. The Lakers and Celtics seemed to always meet in the Finals but never three years in a row. This series is a rubber match between the Cavs...

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Cavaliers vs. Celtics: NBA Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: May 16, 2017

For the first time since 2012, the Boston Celtics are in the Eastern Conference Finals. Back then they lost to LeBron James and the Miami Heat, marking the end of an era for that Paul Pierce/Kevin Garnett/Ray Allen Celtics team. Now it’s LeBron in the way again, this time with Cleveland. The Cavs are Sports...

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Raptors at Cavaliers Point Spread: NBA Picks, Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 14, 2016

The last time the Toronto Raptors visited the Cleveland Cavaliers, it was Game 5 of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals with the series tied 2-2. The Cavs would blow out the Raptors 116-78 behind big nights from LeBron James and Kevin Love and would then win Game 6 back in Toronto to eliminate the Raptors...

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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors NBA Final Odds, Schedule and Prediction

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: May 31, 2016

The Golden State Warriors fought back from a 3-1 deficit to meet the Cavaliers for the second year in a row. The Cleveland Cavaliers will once again face the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals, a rematch of last year’s matchup. The Finals will start this Thursday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland,...

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Forget Kevin Love, Cavaliers Should Sign and Keep Andrew Wiggins

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 22, 2014

Forgive the Cleveland Cavaliers for getting a little ahead of themselves – after all they just lured the best basketball player in the world back to Ohio. So you can understand why they might want to go all in and strike while the iron’s hot in the hunt for an NBA championship. That’s why it...

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NBA Betting Picks – Nuggets Hear the Thunder!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 17, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Oklahoma City at Denver The Thunder might be the hottest team in the League right now, but they’re not getting it done against the number. Oklahoma is a storming 19-4 straight up, but a pretty meh 13-10 against the spread. That can happen...

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Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 27, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio at Oklahoma City If anybody doubted that both teams had marked big red circles on their calendars for today, the Spurs’ and Thunder’s bench strategy in their previous games pretty much rules it out. The Spurs were very careful to limit...

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Cavaliers to draft Canadian Anthony Bennett No. 1?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: June 27, 2013

At this point it’s very possible that Toronto native Anthony Bennett will make history tonight as the highest drafted Canadian in the NBA Draft. But how high could he go? At Sports Interaction, Bennett’s odds are at -106 to be drafted within the first five picks. However, now there is some talk that the Cleveland...

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Cleveland Cavaliers Must Step Up to Keep All-Star Kyrie Irving

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: February 17, 2013

Swish. Swish. Swish. One after another the basketballs went through the hoop, often hitting nothing but net, once they left the hand of Kyrie Irving. His 23 treys from 30 shots edged Spurs forward/center Matt Bonner by three, and the Cavaliers point guard won the three-point contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston on Saturday....

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Golden State of Mind: Andrew Bogut Back for Warriors

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 29, 2013

Bogut Returns From Ankle Injury Stop me if you heard this one before, but Andrew Bogut returned from a major injury Monday night against the Toronto Raptors and looked like he barely missed a beat. Yes, the 7-foot Aussie has an injury list longer than Lindsay Lohan’s rap sheet at this point in his eight-year...