NBA odds, picks, and predictions for the Brooklyn Nets at Cleveland Cavaliers on March 10. NBA betting best bet and free pick analysis.
The Cavaliers may be down two of their starters, but the team has taken a "defense by committee" approach and it has paid off. With the Nets looking horrid on offense, our NBA picks expect the Cavs to clamp Brooklyn.Donovan Mitchell’s defensive impact has been underappreciated this season. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ defensive rating is 5.3 points worse without Mitchell in 16 games this season than 47 games with him.
Mitchell’s impact on the Cavaliers’ defense was a bit unexpected. For as good as he is, he isn't viewed as a top-tier defender. But a defensive-rating gap of more than five points is too distinct to ignore. Mitchell is a needed piece of the Cleveland defense, as is Mobley, more obviously. And none of those were within five points of their team total, falling short of their expected marks in regulation by 7.9 points on average.
Brooklyn’s defense is wildly middling, No. 15 in rating both since Feb. 1 and since the All-Star break. But it has fallen off in the last week, allowing three of four opponents to clear their team totals, the exception coming last night at Charlotte by 1.5 points. Cleveland opened as a 7.5-point favorite on Saturday afternoon before peaking at -8 early on Sunday, resettling at -7 before anyone adjusted to Daylight Saving Time.
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