Cleveland at Charlotte

Cleveland won its fifth in a row under new coach Tyronn Lue 111-106 in overtime over the Pacers on Monday night. LeBron James scored 24 with 12 rebounds and Kyrie Irving added 25 points, including eight in overtime, and the Cavaliers held the Pacers to just 42.6 percent from the field. The Cavaliers are showing improvement both offensively and defensively as the Pacers were only 8-of-27 from three-point distance. Charlotte is playing its first home game after a four-game trip in which it lost two of its last three but beat the Lakers 101-82 on Sunday. Marvin Williams and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 19 points apiece but the Hornets had just a .375 field goal percentage compared to .338 for the Lakers. Cleveland is 3-0-1 ATS over its last four games and 3-0-2 ATS in its last five road games and the Hornets are suffering from numerous injuries. Play the Cavaliers.