Cleveland Cavaliers – Oklahoma City Thunder Betting Tip, Prediction & Odds | NBA 08.01.2025
Two of the hottest teams in basketball collide on Wednesday night in Cleveland as the 31-4 Cavaliers host the 30-5 Oklahoma City Thunder. Who comes out on top in this highly anticipated regular season clash?
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder meet on 08.01.2025, in what will be their 1st of two regular season meetings. The game will be played at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland) with the home team Cavaliers being slightly favored to win this game.
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Cleveland Cavaliers |
Wed, 08.01.2025, 19:00 |
Oklahoma City Thunder |
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4/5 |
13/1 |
11/10 |
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Expert Tip |
CLE Cavaliers -2 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Current situation
It’s not often you’ll have a team on a 10-game win streak and that not be the longest current active win streak in the NBA. That’s exactly where the Cavaliers are right now. Often overlooked despite leading the Eastern Conference by 5.5 games over the defending champions Celtics, Cleveland is still looking to gain respect. They’ve lost just once at home this season in 19 games, while covering the spread 13 times.
The Thunder have proven themselves over the years, so the respect part is not an issue for them. Their biggest issue is staying healthy and with Chet Holmgren out for the last month and a half, it is really impressive they’re able to sustain this level of excellence. The defeat to Milwaukee in the NBA Cup final was an eye opener, the Thunder have not lost since. SGA has gone nuclear – he is averaging 33.8 points per game on 55-41-95 shooting splits.
Cleveland Cavaliers Stats & Form
Cleveland’s latest win came against the Charlotte Hornets 115-105. During this 10-game win streak every single win was by double digits, because of this their Net Rating is at +16 points, almost 4 points more than the 2nd best team during this stretch OKC. What’s interesting about the Cavs is that they’ve had the same player lead them in scoring in back-to-back games only twice during this win streak.
Oklahoma City Thunder Stats & Form
Many people will argue that the OKC win streak isn’t at 15 due to the NBA Cup Final loss, but as things stand they’ve won 15 consecutive regular season games. They’re beating opponents by an average of 14.8 points per game, while having the best defensive rating during this stretch at just 101.5 points per 100 possessions. In their latest win over Boston they held the Cs to just 92 points, forcing them into tough shots, resulting in Boston shooting under 20% from three-point land.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Head-to-Head
Head-to-head meetings between the Cavaliers and Thunder are highly contested more often than not. Over the last 10 meetings the Thunder have a slight edge with 6 wins, they’re outscoring the Cavs by just 1.3 points per game during that stretch. If we expand to the last 15 games, OKC’s dominance increases to 10 wins. They’ve also covered the spread in 6 of 7 visits to Cleveland.
Cleveland Cavaliers – Oklahoma City Thunder Odds
Backing Cleveland to win an 11th straight game will get you odds of 4/5 with most oddsmakers. If you feel like the Thunder can avoid defeat here, odds of 11/10 are available for a road victory
The point total has been set at 228.5 points, with odds of 10/11 supporting either the over or the under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Betting Tip | Odds |
| Cleveland Cavaliers -2 Point Spread | 10/11 |
| Over 228.5 Total Points | 10/11 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder +2 Point Spread | 10/11 |
Betting tip and prediction: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder (08.01.2025)
These two teams have combined to win 61 of 70 games between them, making this one of the most anticipated games this regular season. Both teams are also on long win streaks coming into the game and they’ll have two days of rest prior to tip-off. Playing at home gives Cleveland a slight edge in our opinion, the Cavs have the 2nd highest offensive rating in the NBA in home games this season and the highest Net Rating out of all 30 teams. Their three-point percentage is off the charts at 41.1% success rate at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, so even the Oklahoma City Thunder could have difficulties containing them. OKC’s biggest weapon going into this game is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Relying on one player is always risky, if he has an off night then the entire team is off balance offensively. And that’s the key for the Cavaliers here – they play a more team oriented style with Donovan Mitchell carrying the offense on some nights and then Darius Garland or Evan Mobley stepping up whenever he’s having an off night. All in all, it promises to be a spectacular game, but with a 4-1 ATS record over their last 5 games and a 11-game win streak vs Western Conference opponents, we are giving a slight edge to the Cavaliers in this one.
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Expert Tip |
CLE Cavaliers -2 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
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