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Cleveland receives today the Sixers in a game where I consider 3,5 points to be a low spread for the edges the Cavs present today. First of all, the Cavs are coming to this game having lost their last three games, which isn't good but motivates them to bounce back at home today. Also Cleveland was on a 9-games winning streak at home, until the Hornets defeated them by 99-100 in a ball game decided in the last second by David West. Yesterday they got slaughtered 71-85 by Detroit in a revenge game for them, as Cleveland had defeated the Pistons at home last week by 89-73.

The Pistons' 61.9-percent shooting in the first quarter gave them a 29-18 lead and the Cavs 26.3-percent shooting in the second quarter led to a 49-33 halftime deficit. The Pistons set the pace and the Cavs just tagged along. Frustration boiled over when LeBron James protested a non-call late in the second quarter after he went hard to the basket and was bumped by Rasheed Wallace. James and Brown received technicals.

The most important fact of this game besides the defeat of the Cavs was that Lebron made his worst game of the season, since he scored 10 points in the season opener. Yesterday, James had more turnovers (five) than field goals made (four). He was 4-of-17 from the field for 13 points, had four rebounds and five assists. If we look back, Lebron shot 2-11 FG and had 10 points in the first game of the season. What did he do in the following game? Well, he scored 45 pts 13-28 FG 7 assists and 7 rebounds. Today I expect something similar, not only the team bouncing back, but also Lebron coming back to his real level. This is what he had to say about how the team is playing right now:

"It's been really frustrating," James said. "Our team is based on consistency and trying to get momentum and it's hard to do that when you have guys coming in and coming out. We know it's part of the game, but it's happening to us at the wrong part of the season."

This will be the second game of this series and in the first game, the Sixers won at Cleveland by 92-86 when they were dogs by 7,5 pts. So, this will be a revenge game for the Cavs today. The Sixers have been playing some good basketball and I respect that, but in the last game they couldn't recover after a terrible 1st quarter against the Suns and they ended up committing a lot of turnovers. The scenario of this game for them isn't easy, as they will face a team who really needs to win today and with the spread being so short, this gives us some juice in the possibility of this match being a ballgame and nobody in this league has been so decisive in ballgames than Lebron. Take the Cavs in here.

Pick : Cleveland Cavaliers (-3,5)
Odds : 1.98
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
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Date : 2008-03-30
Match Result : 91-88
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