On May 17, the Brooklyn Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers will play during the regular season of the NBA. We offer you a forecast for this match.
Brooklyn Nets»
In theory, Brooklyn could jump to the top spot in the Eastern Conference, but to be honest, it's doubtful that Philadelphia will take and lose its final game to Orlando. However, the Nets will definitely try to complete the minimum task, which is to beat Cleveland.
Cleveland Cavaliers»
The Cavs don't have any tasks and can't have any. The team is now preparing to finish the regular season in thirteenth place in the Eastern Conference. "Cleveland" is definitely waiting for some kind of personnel revolution in the summer, but in the meantime, the team will have a difficult final match of the regular season against "Brooklyn".
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
- Dinwiddie (knee injury), Chiozza (hand injury) - Brooklyn. Dellavedova (neck injury), Nance (finger injury), Prince (ankle injury), Stevens, Hartenstein (both concussion), Windler (knee injury) – Cleveland.
Statistics and figures:
- Brooklyn has won four games in a row;
- Cleveland has one win in thirteen games;
- Brooklyn has won three of its last five games against Cleveland.
Forecast:
In general, no one doubts that Brooklyn will win the game against Cleveland. And the bet on this meeting is quite understandable – this is a minus handicap for the Nets. And you can determine the size of this minus. We settled on the figure of 11.5 points.