The Brooklyn Nets will travel to Cleveland, Ohio to face the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse with the game tipping off at 7:00 PM ET on Sunday night and will air on Bally Sports Ohio and the YES Network.

The Brooklyn Nets enter this game with a record of 25-39 which puts them in 11^th place in the Eastern Conference while having lost three of their last five games and are on a two-game losing streak following Saturday’s 99-110 loss on the road against the Charlotte Hornets. Brooklyn has been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NBA this season as they are averaging the 7^th fewest points per game in the league with an average of 112 points per game. 

Defensively, the Nets have been a middle-of-the-pack team as they rank 15^th in the NBA in points allowed with an average of 114.13 points allowed per game. Nicolas Claxton has been one of the better players for the Nets this season and leads the team in rebounds and blocks with an average of 9.8 rebounds and 2.17 blocks per game. 

The Brooklyn Nets will look to end their two-game losing streak when they travel to face the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cleveland Cavaliers enter this game in 2^nd place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 41-22 while having won three of their last five games which includes a 113-104 win in overtime at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday. 

The success of the Cavaliers this season can be attributed to their defensive play as they are allowing the 2^nd fewest points in the NBA with an average of 109.47 points allowed per game. However, Cleveland plays at a slower pace than the average team in the league which also leads them to be one of the lower-scoring teams in the NBA ranked 18^th in scoring with an average of 113.98 points per game. Jarrett Allen enters this game averaging a double-double with 16.2 points and 10.8 rebounds per game while also leading the team in blocks with an average of 1.16 blocks per game. 

The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to build off the overtime win against the Minnesota Timberwolves when they host the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night.

WagerWeb has the Cleveland Cavaliers listed as 7.5-point favorites at home against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night. Cleveland has won six of the last ten including the previous five meetings. The Cavaliers have covered the spread in six of the last ten and two of the previous three games in the series. The Brooklyn Nets are 28-33-3 ATS overall, 10-19 ATS on the road, and 16-23-3 ATS as an underdog this season while the Cleveland Cavaliers are 31-30-2 ATS overall, 15-16-1 ATS at home, and 21-20-2 ATS as a favorite on the year.

Cleveland enters this game with the better record and has been the better team in the series, winning six of the last ten including five straight contests against Brooklyn. The Cavaliers have covered the spread in six of the last ten and two of the previous three games in the series while also having been the better team at covering the spread this season with a record of 31-30-2 ATS overall and 21-20-2 ATS as a favorite while the Nets are 28-33-3 ATS overall and 16-23-3 ATS as an underdog. Buy the .5 point and lay the points with the Cleveland Cavaliers when they host the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night.