Chicago at Cleveland

LeBron James said about this game "It's going to be a little personal," James said. "It's going to be different for me playing against those guys. I'm looking forward to it." He was referring to playing against Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden who were dealt to Chicago on February 21. The Cavs got Ben Wallace and Joe Smith from Chicago. LeBron is right on - these guys will be fired up and it will show with inspired defense as they want to make sure their former teammates don't embarrass them. Cleveland has been playing excellent defense of late (91.8 per game allowed over their last five games). Wallace has added an inside presence this team severely lacked. Under Mike Brown, the Cavs are 25-13 UNDER as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6.5 points and 27-15 UNDER at home having lost 2+ of their last three games. We like the UNDER here.