7:35 pm
December 29

Cavaliers @ Hawks

Who will WIN this matchup?

Cleveland Cavaliers (8-28)

@ Atlanta Hawks (10-24)

 

Current odds:

Cleveland Cavaliers: (+170)

Atlanta Hawks: (-200)

 

• The line for this game is Hawks by 4.5 points.

• The Atlanta Hawks have won four out of their last five to move out of the basement in the Eastern Conference. They will try to stay hot when they take on the team currently occupying last place in the East when the Cleveland Cavaliers pay a visit Saturday night. Atlanta saw its season-high three-game winning streak come to an end with a home loss to Indiana on Wednesday before rebounding to win an overtime affair in Minnesota on Friday behind 23 points by Kent Bazemore.

• The Cavaliers have dropped five in a row — four of them on the road — after dropping a 118-94 decision at Miami on Friday. Jordan Clarkson scored 18 points off the bench while Cleveland’s starters combined to produce 52 on 36 percent shooting as the Cavaliers fell to 3-15 on the road. The Hawks scored a season-high 133 points in a runaway win at Cleveland on Oct. 21 but fell 136-114 in a rematch nine days later in the same arena.

• Rookie Collin Sexton was limited to eight points in the loss at Miami and he is just 2-of-16 from the 3-point line over an eight-game stretch. He was one of just nine players dressed for the contest, as center Ante Zizic (knee) and shooting guard Rodney Hood (Achilles) both sat it out. Hood led all scorers with 26 points in the 22-point win over the Hawks earlier this season.

• John Collins notched his fourth straight double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds in the 123-120 win at Minnesota. Dewayne Dedmon also had a double-double with 18 points and 13 boards while making 4-of-6 3-pointers, giving the 7-footer 14 makes from beyond the arc in just 22 attempts over his last six games. Rookie Trae Young, who had 35 points and 11 assists in the 133-111 win at Cleveland earlier in the season, joined the double-double party with 16 points and 11 helpers against the Timberwolves.

• Bazemore has 55 points on 23-of-44 shooting over the last two games.

• The Cavaliers have been held under 100 points in five of their last six contests. The Hawks have scored at least 100 in 11 of their last 12.

•  Cleveland won its last two games at Atlanta.

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