San Antonio Spurs vs. Cleveland Cavaliers – 3/27/17 NBA Pick, Odds, and Prediction

They’ve struggled during the last nine games of the season, and LeBron knows it.

The San Antonio Spurs cruised to another National Basketball Association win, but the Cleveland Cavaliers’ inconsistent run continued.

Crawford contributed 28 points to see the Clippers past the Jazz 108-95.

Cleveland opted to play its stars rather than rest them, but the trio of James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love sat out the fourth quarter of the Cavs’ second lopsided loss in the past two weeks. That left the teams tied at 107 after regulation. A lot of other players are exhausted, too.

After the match, when he was asked about his relationship with Mark Cuban – who isn’t a big fan of Westbrook – claiming that the Oklahoma guard isn’t a superstar, Westbrook said that he didn’t want to convince Cuban of the opposite, but instead, he was just doing his job. “No matter if LeBron is on it or not, or if it’s another good player”. But if you a muthaf– you want two, you want three, you want four, like you say you do.

According to data from SportVU, the Spurs may be the second-oldest team in the league, but on offense they rank as the fifth-fastest team in the league, while the Cavs rank last in the league. That is the third-most 3-point baskets made by any National Basketball Association team in a single season, trailing only Golden State in 2015-16 (1,077) and Houston this season (1,070 through Sunday). And Lue’s thinking about adopting a Rivers’ plan that didn’t really exist.”It’s crossed my mind”, Lue said. “We wish we could get that No. 1 (seed), but if not, we’ve got a cushion”.

“But I promise, we’re going to be fine”. But you gotta get in even better shape against some of these teams that’s been plugging away all season long.’ I know from a personal standpoint, I feel great. With a win against the Warriors on Wednesday they’ll be just one game back of the one-seed, which is certainly still in play. If we don’t, we learn. A wild Tristan Thompson and Kyrie Irving had 18 points combined.

If Lue were to essentially scrap the rest (or most of the rest) of the regular season, Cleveland would lose homecourt advantage in all but the opening round of the playoffs. They are now ranked in the bottom third of the league in defensive efficiency, allowing teams to score 70 points within the first half on several occasions over the past month. Golden State remains the solid favorite on the odds to win the Western Conference for the third season in a row at -220 with San Antonio right behind at +325.

Kawhi Leonard led the way for the Spurs, scoring 25 points on 11/21 shooting, along with six rebounds, six assists, one block and three steals in 29 minutes.

LaMarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol added 14 points apiece for the Spurs. But Leonard got plenty of help from his teammates.

James finished with a respectiable stat line-17 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, and just two turnovers.

The Cavaliers enter Thursday night’s game against the Chicago Bulls having lost four of their last six games, and they are 6-9 this month.

San Antonio also won the first meeting with Cleveland on the road 118-115 as a 3.5-point road underdog on January 21 after not playing the Cavs in almost a year.