Cleveland Cavaliers vs Utah Jazz Betting Preview

The Cleveland Cavaliers are currently 23-18, as they’re coming off a victory over the Sacramento Kings. The Utah Jazz, on the other hand, are 28-13 but have lost three straight games. This should be a fun one!

Betting Odds & Lines

The spread for Sunday night is set at UTA -6.5. The over/under is sitting at 221.5 points.

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Jarrett Allen Coming Off Huge Performance

Jarrett Allen is coming off an 18 point, 17 rebound, and two-block performance over the Cavs’ recent win over the Kings, as he went 8-of-14 shooting from the floor.

In his last six games, Allen is averaging 17.3 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game, continuing to establish himself as one of the premier young centers on both ends of the floor.

Evan Mobley Looking Sharp

Evan Mobley had 17 points on 8-of-14 shooting to go along with seven rebounds and five assists his last time out, looking sharp in the post and with his mid-range jumper.

Mobley is as athletic as they come at the power forward position with his ability to get to the rim with or without the ball in his hands, catch lobs or use his footwork to get past defenders.

The Cavs have themselves a great building block for the future.

Darius Garland Had Big Playmaking Night

Darius Garland struggled to manage the flow of the Cavs’ offense in their loss to the Golden State Warriors Sunday night, but he completely flipped the script on Monday as he dished out 11 assists.

Three of those assists went to Mobley and Lauri Markkanen apiece, as he found them in the mid-range and post for them to do significant damage.

Garland also put up 12 points.

When Garland gets others involved, good things happen for Cleveland.

Donovan Mitchell Coming in Hot

The Jazz have been struggling mightily recently, but it’s to no fault of Donovan Mitchell, as the young superstar is averaging 33.5 points on 46.2 percent shooting to go along with 6.5 assists and 1.5 steals over his last two games.

Mitchell has been locked in from deep but is also finding success in both his pull-up mid-range jumper and getting to the rim.

When Spida gets hot, good things usually happen for Utah, but their defense has taken a significant hit with Rudy Gobert being out of the lineup in each of their last four games, which all ended up being losses.

Jazz Win

The Jazz haven’t looked sharp lately defensively, but at some point, they’re bound to get back on track.

Cleveland has seen some growing pains recently, losing to the Warriors and just barely beating one of the league’s worst teams in the Kings their last time out, as they edged them out by just one point.

Given that the Cavs are facing growing pains, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them lose.

However, the Jazz’s recent performance does nothing to suggest that they’ll cover the spread, so go with CLE +6.5 regardless of who wins.