The 2024-25 NBA season resumed on Wednesday after the All-Star Break, and there are nine games on the Thursday NBA schedule, including an Eastern Conference matchup between the Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers. Brooklyn is 20-34 overall and 9-17 at home, while Cleveland is 44-10 overall and 19-6 on the road. The Nets are 12th in the East standings but have moved to within 1.5 games of an NBA play-in tournament spot, and the Cavs have the best record in the conference entering the second half.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET at Barclays Center in New York City. Cleveland is favored by 13 points in the latest Nets vs. Cavaliers odds, per SportsLine consensus, and the over/under is 225.5 points. Before you make any Cavaliers vs. Nets picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in betting profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past six-plus seasons. The model enters the second half of the 2024-25 NBA season on a sizzling 147-104 roll on all top-rated NBA picks dating back to last season, returning nearly $4,000. It’s also an outstanding 18-9 (67%) on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following at sportsbooks and on betting apps could have seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Brooklyn vs. Cleveland and just locked in its picks and NBA predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Cavaliers vs. Nets:
- Nets vs. Cavaliers spread: Brooklyn +13
- Nets vs. Cavaliers over/under: 225.5 points
- Nets vs. Cavaliers money line: Brooklyn +572, Cleveland -840
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Why the Nets can cover
The Nets snuck past the Philadelphia 76ers with a 100-96 win on the Wednesday before the break. The Nets smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That’s a new trend for them, as they were averaging 9.5 offensive rebounds per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 outings they’ve averaged 13.5.
D’Angelo Russell led Brooklyn with 22 points in the victory, and Nic Claxton had a productive night with 13 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots. The Nets have covered the spread now in six of their last seven games and have also covered in two of their last three against the Cavs. See which team to pick here.
Why the Cavaliers can cover
Meanwhile, the Cavaliers enter the second half of the season on a four-game winning streak. Everything went their way against Toronto last Wednesday as they made off with a 131-108 victory. There were seven Cleveland players who reached double-figures scoring in the win, including all five starters.
The Cavs were also dominant in their only matchup against the Nets earlier this season, scoring a 130-101 victory over Brooklyn on Dec. 16. Cleveland also had seven players reach double-figures in scoring in that win, and that offensive versatility has been a theme, with seven players averaging at least 10.0 ppg for the season. See which team to pick here.
How to make Nets vs. Cavaliers picks
The model has simulated Cleveland vs. Brooklyn 10,000 times and the results are in. The model is going Under on the total, projecting 221 combined points. It also says one side of the spread hits well over 50% of the time. You can only see the NBA picks at SportsLine.
So who wins Cavs vs. Nets, and which side of the spread hits well over 50% of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Nets vs. Cavaliers spread you need to jump on, all from the model that is on a 147-104 roll on top-rated NBA picks, and find out.
