Cleveland Cavaliers 2024 NBA Playoffs Betting
For the first half of the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers were one of the most impressive teams in the NBA. However, down the stretch, the Cavaliers ran out of steam. Cleveland held the second position behind the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference for most of the season. But as the 2024 NBA Playoffs approached, the Cavaliers faded with an alarming free fall. Cleveland is one of the better defensive teams in the NBA. But their lack of secondary scoring is almost certain to be their postseason downfall.
2024 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Betting Lines
The Cleveland Cavaliers are 48-34 straight up, 38-44 against the spread, and 40-41-1 over/under the total. Late on, Cleveland has covered three out of their last ten games. While the Cavaliers have gone over the total in three of its previous four matchups. Cleveland is 4th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Cleveland is 16 games behind the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Cleveland has NBA metrics of 20th for scoring offense, 12th for field goal percentage, 15th for 3-point field goal percentage, 22nd for free throw percentage, and 17th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Cavaliers have NBA metrics of 7th for scoring defense, 6th for field goal percentage permitted, 21st for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 10th for defensive rebounding.
The Cavaliers will face the Orlando Magic in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs starting on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
Cleveland Cavaliers Key Players
SG Donovan Mitchell leads the Cavs with 26.6 points and 6.1 assists per game. Mitchell is a 5-time NBA All-Star. In the playoffs, Mitchell has a career average of 27.8 points per game.
C Jarrett Allen adds 16.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. Allen was a 2022 NBA All-Star.
Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach
JB Bickerstaff was a career NBA assistant for several teams before landing with the Cavaliers in 2019-20. Previously, he was also an interim head coach of the Houston Rockets. Bickerstaff has a career record of 255-290 in the regular season and 2-8 in the playoffs.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023-24 |
82 |
48 |
34 |
2nd, Central |
TBD |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
51 |
31 |
2nd, Central |
Lost in First Round, 4–1 (Knicks) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
44 |
38 |
3rd, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
22 |
50 |
4th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 |
65 |
19 |
46 |
5th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
19 |
63 |
5th, Central |
Did not qualify |
Cleveland Cavaliers History
The Cleveland Cavaliers were born as an NBA expansion franchise in 1970-71 and struggled to keep the attention of local fans until the late 1980s, when they emerged as a quality team under coach Lenny Wilkens. The Cavs developed the reputation of being good but not quite great and somewhat snakebit from that point. The iconic image of Michael Jordan killing them off with the game-winning shot in a playoff series summed up what the Cavaliers were all about in those days.
However, the arrival of local phenom LeBron James in 2003 changed all that. James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first NBA Finals appearance in 2007, and the team posted a franchise-best record of 66-16 during the 2008-09 season. They were a contender for five years, but the lack of a quality supporting class led to James leaving for Miami after the 2010 season. Cleveland went from 61-21 to 19-63 the following year, yet that bottoming out allowed the Cavaliers to draft Kyrie Irving and build a supporting cast for James to return to after four years in Miami.
James turned Cleveland into Believeland upon his return to the Cavaliers. The franchise had its most successful run in history with James and Irving leading the way, making it to the NBA Finals four straight times. Cleveland knocked off the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals to give the city its first major sports title in decades, leading to widespread joy in the streets.
Once again, James left Cleveland for another team following the 2017-18 season. Kyrie Irving moved on from the Cavaliers too at that point, leading to the franchise bottoming out once more. That put the Cavaliers back in the lottery, and they built the team through the NBA Draft once again by taking Collin Sexton, Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro, and Evan Mobley over the last five years.
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