Cleveland at Charlotte

The Bobcats were very impressive in their 109-87 win over Indiana on Wednesday. The Bobcats led wire-to-wire and drubbed one of the top teams in the league. I think they avoid any kind of letdown here thanks to having the playoffs on the line. They've only once before made the postseason and they can ill-afford to give away winnable games. The Bobcats handled the Cavs earlier this season without Al Jefferson, who is lighting it up right now. This is really a very short price in this game considering that Cleveland is just 9-22 straight-up on the road this season, getting outscord by over 8 points per game on average. In their last 11 games vs. bad defensive teams like Cleveland (teams that give up 99+ per game), Charlotte is 8-3 straight-up. Dating back to last season, the Cavs are 16-44 straight-up when playing with double revenge. They are also just 3-16 the past three seasons after a blowout loss by 20+ points. Take Charlotte to win this game.