New Orleans Pelicans vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Wednesday, 11/20/24

The Cleveland Cavaliers saw their 15-game winning streak come to an end last night against the Boston Celtics despite 35 points from Donovan Mitchell. Cleveland was hurt by the lack of contribution from starting guard Darius Garland. Garland was limited to 8 points on 3 of 21 shooting from the field. This was a rare poor performance for Garland, who has started the 2024-25 NBA season averaging 21.4 points per game and 7 assists per game. It goes without saying the Cavaliers were not going to go 82-0, so the best thing they can do is get right back on track Wednesday night against the injured New Orleans Pelicans.

The key pieces the Pelicans are likely going to be missing this game will be CJ McCollum, Zion Williamson, Dejounte Murray, Herbert Jones, Jordan Hawkins, and Jose Alvarado. Their talent pool has been boiled down to Brandon Ingram and a group of role players that are being asked to carry a lot of the load as the Pelicans try to get healthy. The Pelicans’ record has suffered due to the injuries, going 2-10 in their last 12 games.  This team simply does not have enough shot makers on offense right now to keep games competitive. That is not going to fair well against Cleveland, who currently leads the NBA in scoring with 123.7 points per game. The Cavaliers also lead the NBA in field goal percentage at 52.4 percent. Coming off a loss, I have Cleveland coming out motivated in this home game as they try to get back on track. Cleveland’s offense will prove to be too much against a New Orleans team that lacks shooting.

Cavaliers -13.5 is available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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