NBA Odds: Cavaliers vs Heat – NBA Predictions

The 5th place (Central) Cleveland Cavaliers (8-39) will look to end their 20-game losing streak tonight in NBA odds when they travel to take on the 1st place (Southwest) Miami Heat (33-14) on Monday evening at 7:30pm EST when they battle at the AmericanAirlines for the game that can be seen on Fox Sports Ohio or Sun Sports. In college basketball action, Louisville vs Georgetown will also tip-off on Monday at 7:00pm EST and can be seen live on ESPN. Online sportsbooks have opened with the Heat -17.5 home favorites in NBA predictions vs the Cavaliers with an over/under total of 200.

Since the game is expected to be a blow out in South Florida, sportsbooks will not carry a money line for the Cavaliers vs Heat match-up. Miami heads into tonight’s match-up with two straight wins including an impressive 108-103 victory on the road Sunday vs the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Heat won outright by 5-points and easily covered the 1-point spread in NBA odds as road underdogs to go 21-25-1 ATS for the season. Sunday’s game vs the Thunder saw the trio of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh back on the floor playing together which hasn’t been seen in some time due to numerous injuries. Eddie House was the man of the game vs the Thunder nailing a 3-pointer with less than 30-seconds in the game and included two free throws while Wade led the scoring with 32-points followed by James with 23-points and Bosh with 20-points.

The Cavaliers will be looking to prove that they never needed LeBron James to win games as they carry into Miami a single-season franchise record of 20-straight losses. The last team Cleveland fell prey to were the Orlando Magic on Sunday in a 87-103 loss on the road but still managed to cover the 18-point spread in NBA predictions to go 16-29-2 ATS for the season. In the first Cavaliers vs Heat match-up that saw LeBron return to Cleveland, head Byron Scott had to settle for a 90-118 loss with James netting 38-points. The Cavaliers are hoping that Monday’s game will have somewhat of a similar outcome as their last match-up when Cleveland only lost by 6-points at the AmericanAirlines Arena. If the Cavaliers are to have any chance of pulling off the upset in Vegas NBA odds, PG Daniel Gibson will need to be more effective having only averaged 7.7-points over Cleveland’s last three losses.

NBA Predictions: Miami Heat -17.5