This is an 8* play on the CAVS

The Cavs are very bad, but they will be highly motivated tonight to beat the Lakers even though the greatest and most famous player in Cleveland history (LeBron James) will not be playing. Any motivation lost from not facing James is made up by the fact that the Lakers are infinitely more beatable without him. Friday's loss in Utah was very ugly (shot 36%) and dropped LA to 3-6 since James got injured. So laying this many points with the Lakers right now seems most unwise. Yes, Cleveland has lost 12 in a row and just allowed 141 points in their last game (to Houston). But even when the Lakers had James, the Cavs took them down to the wire back in November, losing by only four points. After a string of horrible defensive performances, you have to think Cleveland is going to eventually "show up" for one of these games. I feel tonight is the night as the Lakers were rarely favored by this many even with James in the lineup. Play on Cleveland

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