This is a 10* BLOCKBUSTER on the Cleveland Cavaliers.

I grabbed an early +7 and it's since gone up, but regardless, while I wouldn't be shocked with an outright Cavs victory, I do definitely feel that despite losing Kyrie Irving to injury, that the visitors won't be going down without a fight today and look for them to at the very least, sneak in through the back door down the stretch with what I feel to be a healthy spread afforded to them. Irving had an awesome game, but I think the combination of Matthew Dellavedova and Iman Shumpert can fill the void. It was in fact just the second time that Cleveland has failed to cover the spread in the team's last six playoff games. And remember, the Cavaliers were 2-0 SU against the Hawks in the Eastern Conference Finals without Irving and went 1-1ATS with Dellavedova averaging 14 points in his place (also note that LeBron James picked up the scoring slack vs. the Hawks by averaging 33.5 points in the two games that Irving missed). I had the Warriors as my NBA Finals GAME OF THE YEAR in Game 1 and obviously feel pretty fortunate to get the victory. This is do or die for the Cavaliers though, if they can somehow manage to steal this one outright, they'd absolutely be in the "drivers seat" heading back home. Golden State has struggled in this spot as well already in the postseason, just 4-5 ATS so far when leading in a playoff series (and note that the Cavs are 10-4 ATS this year when playing with two days of rest). While the rest of the World goes one way, we'll go the other, grab as many points as you can with CLEVELAND.

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