Sports Betting Preview & Prediction: Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers

February 26, 2015 by R Keough

“Between the Chalk”

8:00 PM ET, February 26, 2015
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH

Thursday night NBA action delivers a possible preview of the finals as league leading Golden State Warriors (44-10, 33-20-1 ATS) visit the Cleveland Cavaliers (36-22, 28-30-1 ATS). Both are amongst the hottest teams in the NBA right now, and sit on top of the current odds to win the NBA championship for futures betting on sites for local bookies. Agents using Premier Per Head PPH Online Bookie Software have Cleveland a 3.5-point favorite with the total at 215½.

This is the second and final regular season meeting between the Cavs and Warriors. They met on January 9th, when Golden State destroyed the LeBron James-less Cavs 112-94 to win SU and ATS as 13.5-point home sports betting favorites. The Warriors got double digit scoring from all starters, including 24 points from Klay Thompson and 23 from Stephen Curry. J.R. Smith led all players with 27 points for Cleveland, but couldn’t keep up with Golden State in the 4th quarter.

Cleveland last played on Tuesday in Detroit, showing their force in the second half being down 62-53 at the half. They rallied to win 102-93, holding the Pistons to only 31-second half points, their best defensive effort this season. The Cavs were lead by Kevin Love’s 24 points, nailing 8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. LeBron also had a strong game with 19 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals. Cleveland has won 3 straight, outscoring their opponents by an average of 21.7 sports betting points. Read the latest Premier Per Head PPH Online Bookie Software review.

Golden State’s last game was also on Tuesday, visiting Washington, coming away with a 114-107 victory. They got a 32-point effort from Stephen Curry, who also added 8 assists and 2 steals. Klay Thompson also stepped up for the Warriors, draining 17 points with 5 steals, 4 assists and a rebound.

Pay Per Head agents using Premier Per Head PPH Online Bookie Software have seen Cleveland go 9-1 ATS in their last 10 at home, but are an abysmal 2-8 ATS and SU in their last 10 versus Golden State. The Cavs are 14-7 ATS in its last 21 when the two play in Cleveland, but only 1-4 ATS in the last 5.

Agents using local bookie software have seen Golden State is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 on the road. For bettors using sites for local bookies who like to bet on the number should know the Warriors have gone UNDER in 5 of their last 6 overall and 4 of their last 5 road sports betting games. For Cleveland, the total has gone OVER in 5 of their last 7, but produced an UNDER result in 5 of their last 7 at home. The last 10 meetings between the Cavs and Warriors ended as an OVER in 7 of them.

Bettors using sites for local bookies feel that both teams will come out flying in this one, as both are close to 100% healthy and have something to prove with less than 30 sports betting games remaining. Although offense will be featured tonight, the difference will be defense. Cleveland has stepped it up on the defensive side of the ball recently and will help them get the win tonight.