Betting Results:
Head to Head: Cavaliers, odds 1.291
Line: Cavaliers (-7.5), odds 1.904
Total Points: Over (231), odds 1.901

Pre-game Prediction
Cavaliers, 66.7%
Pacers, 33.3%

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points and Cleveland Cavaliers beat Indiana.

Darius Garland scored 24 points and Evan Mobley added 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Cavaliers.

NBA-leading Cavaliers end Pacers’ 6-game winning streak with a 127-117 victory

By MARK AMBROGI AP Basketball Writer The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers 127-117 on Tuesday night.

Darius Garland scored 24 points and Evan Mobley added 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Cavaliers.

Pascal Siakam scored 23 points and Bennedict Mathurin 19 for the Pacers, who had their six-game winning streak halted. Myles Turned added 17 points.

The Cavaliers led 82-77 in the third quarter before going on a 10-0 run that included 3-pointers by Max Strus, Georges Niang and Mobley. Cleveland led 100-89 after three periods.

Indiana cut its deficit to 111-106, but could get no closer.

With Indiana trailing 120-111, Mathurin lost his cool and was ejected after drawing his second technical with 3:58 left. Mitchell sank both technical free throws and Mobley hit one of two free throws.

The Pacers had ended the host Cavaliers’ 12-game winning streak with a 108-93 victory on Sunday night.

Indiana played without All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton, who was sidelined with left groin strain.

Takeaways

Cavaliers: Cleveland was able to bounce back from their first loss since Dec. 8 with a 49-37 rebounding edge. The Cavaliers shut down Siakam in the second half, limiting him to two points and five shots.

Pacers: Indiana missed Haliburton, and his replacement, Ben Sheppard, had just two assists and shot 1 for 6.

Key moment

After the Pacers closed the deficit to 115-109, Garland sank a 27-foot, 3-pointer to put Cleveland ahead 118-109 with 4:48 left.

Key stat

The Cavaliers sank 26 of 31 free throws. That was nine more free throws than the Pacers (17 of 22). Both teams shot 48% from the field.

This is how we previewed this game....

These teams met just 48 hours earlier, and we pulled a value bet tip out of the bag by tipping Pacers to win at odds of 4.20

So how does our tipping team feel about this one?

Seeing the Pacers listed at odds of 3.30 and +7.5 on the line, when playing at home, against a team they are 2-0 against this season, off the back of a 15 point win is exceptionally tempting, but before we dive in, lets see what our peers are saying on the top 6 NBA tipping sites:

(Our Player Prop Bet Tips are further down this page)

Dimers - forecasting a 119-112 win for the Cavs, stating Cleveland has a 73% chance of winning the game
Clutch Points - Cavaliers -7.0
Pickswise - Cavaliers -7.0 - citing likely absence of Tyrese Haliburton for the Pacers as the key factor
Sportskeeda - Pacers -7.0 - Cavs to be jolted back into form by the loss
Betting Odds - predicting a 118-110 Cavs win, a Cavs -7.5 and and Under 230.5 points bet.
Sportsline - projecting a 118-114 score for Cleveland, with suggested small bets on Pacers +7 and Over 230.5, but a mid value bet to be had on Pacers on the moneyline.

We're going to stick with Indiana, they served us well on Sunday, so lets not abandon them.

Whilst the Cavs will come back strong, stinging a bit from their loss on Sunday, the Pacers are the form team in the NBA right now, so should keep the spread much lower than 7 points...they might even win the game...

As we did on Sunday, and indeed last night with our tip for the Pistons to beat the Knicks in New York, we are carrying on with our theme of having small bets on teams where we feel we are priced in. At odds of 3.30, that implies a win probability for Indiana of 30%, yet our model reckons Indiana would win almost 40% of "this game". So, we are going with the maths.

A poor evening's tipping from the team saw us only get a return in one of our four tips on the game. However our recent heroics have given us a nice cushion that allows us to have a bad day at the office.

Pacers finished 10 points behind the Cavs, so both of our game bets lost.