Are the Cleveland Cavaliers the FAVORITES to win the East after the James Harden acquisition?
Cleveland Cavaliers (32-21, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (34-19, third in the Western Conference)
Denver; Monday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland will try to prolong its three-game win streak with a victory against Denver.
The Nuggets are 14-10 in home games. Denver is ninth in the league with 28.0 assists per game. Jamal Murray leads the Nuggets averaging 7.5.
The Cavaliers are 15-10 on the road. Cleveland has a 1/3 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Nuggets make 49.5% of their shots from the field this season, which is 3.0 percentage points higher than the Cavaliers have allowed to their opponents (46.5%). The Cavaliers average 119.7 points per game, 3.4 more than the 116.3 the Nuggets allow. | https://www.espn.com/nba/preview/_/gameId/401810622
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13 Comments
It should not be the pistons lmao. Paper tigers
I’m all in lol we’re going all the way !
pg: Harden < Brunson
sg: DMitch > Mikal
sf: Tyson < OG
pf: Evan < KAT
c: Allen < Robinson
NY has the better overall record, better h2h record, higher seed, & better point diff. CLE having better odds than NY is very… odd.
Were not favorites, but at least now were in the conversation.
This season, NY's beaten BOS twice, CLE twice, and TOR twice. DET deserves the best odds; they've been the class of the East. CLE w/ the 2nd-best odds is wild
With the recent changes, expect a much better flow offensively but defensive rebounding and perimeter defense remain question marks. If it comes down to Cavs vs Knicks, you're also asking Jarrett Allen to overcome getting annually stymied by Mitchell Robinson.
I feel like they should fear Spida and the beard… Especially if they start to jell.. it's gon be scary in the EC
Idc what any of these guys try to say. One of Darius' hurt years was due to a 7'2" flying elbow to the face. That's not an injury prone kind of ordeal. He's not yet even had a full year of dealing with these toe injuries. He may never be the same, but it's too early to call him injury prone. He's had a couple and their timing has been beyond unfortunate, but that's as far as it goes. Secondly, to say that he's not a better passer than JH is nothing short of moronic. He may not he the same KIND of passer in a way that directly ties to assists, but he's a far better traditional floor general. It kills me how easily/quickly these guys have just forgotten about his impact on our offense last year.
cavs are not the favorites. they have to get to the ecf at least this year.
It's a shame no one has faith in any Cleveland team no matter who they are
Don’t believe in the pistons but they believe in the Cavs what have they done
All it took was one game. SMH
Mitchell Robinson will bully Jarret Allen again unfortunately hopefully we can avoid the Knicks everyone else we can beat