Indiana Pacers vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, 1/2/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Indiana Pacers vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday, January 2, 2022

Location: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH

TV: NBA TV

The Cleveland Cavaliers (20-15) will play the Indiana Pacers (14-21) at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Sunday.

The Pacers stepped onto the hardwood against the Hornets and ended up losing by a score of 116-108 in their last game. Concerning fouls, the Pacers walked away with 20 and the Hornets accumulated 13 fouls. They also made 9 of 26 tries from downtown. Charlotte finished the game at 59.4% when shooting free throws by knocking down 19 of their 32 attempts. Additionally, Charlotte snagged 40 rebounds (8 offensive, 32 defensive) and earned 6 rejections. Charlotte recorded 48 assists and had 27 steals for the contest. When discussing the defense, Indiana let their opponent shoot 51.8% from the floor on 44 out of 85 shooting. They also doled out 25 assists for this game while forcing 5 turnovers and getting 8 steals. In regard to rebounding, they earned 45 with 10 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Pacers converted 19 of 29 tries for a rate of 65.5%. Indiana finished the contest with a 41.9% field goal percentage (36 of 86) and converted 17 of 45 shots from downtown.

Caris LeVert is a player who was a contributor in the game. He ended up with 27 points on 8 of 23 shooting. He played for 39 mins and snagged 7 rebounds. LeVert went 34.8% from the field and also recorded 6 assists.

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Indiana will enter this matchup with a record of 14-21 this year. They turn it over 14.1 times per game and as a unit are committing 19.8 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Indiana is snagging 45.1 rebounds per game and is sitting with 834 dimes for the campaign, which is 14th in basketball in terms of passing. The Pacers are hitting 32.5% on three-point shots (402 of 1,238) and 77.7% from the free throw line. They have an average of 107.8 points per contest (15th in the NBA) while shooting 45.8% from the field.

Defensively, the Pacers are able to force 13.3 turnovers per contest while drawing 18.8 fouls. They are giving up 35.8% on 3-pointers and they rank 15th in the league in points per game allowed (107.4). The Pacers are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 46.2% (1,399 of 3,028) and they relinquish 42.5 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They are 8th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 765 surrendered so far this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Cavaliers took a loss by a final score of 110-93 when they played the Wizards. The Cavaliers were able to pull down 36 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 44 in the matchup. They coughed up the ball 12 times, while getting 4 steals for this contest. The Wizards had 7 fouls for the game which got the Cavaliers to the free throw line for 23 shots. They were able to make 15 of the free throw tries for a rate of 65.2%. Pertaining to shots from distance, Cleveland knocked down 8 of 28 tries (28.6%). When this game wrapped up, the Cavaliers finished shooting 35 for 83 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.2%. The Cavaliers allowed the Wizards to make 45 out of 90 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 50.0% in the game. They finished 31.0% from downtown by shooting 9 out of 29 and finished the game at 11 out of 17 from the charity stripe (64.7%). With respect to attacking the glass, Cleveland allowed Washington to pull down 37 in all (10 offensive).

Kevin Love pitched in for the Cavaliers for the contest. He knocked down 7 of 15 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 46.7%, and earned 11 rebounds. Love earned 24 points in his 29 mins of playing time and totaled 1 assist for the matchup.

Cleveland has a win-loss mark of 20-15 on the season. The Cavaliers commit 17.0 fouls every game and they shoot 79.1% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists is at 25.3 times per game (7th in the NBA) and they lose possession via turnover 15.4 times per contest. Cleveland has accumulated 3,759 pts on the season (107.4 per game) and they average 45.3 boards per contest. As an offense, the Cavaliers are connecting on 46.0% from the floor, which is 10th in the NBA.

The Cavaliers on the defensive end are ranked 2nd in the league in points given up per game with 101.8. They have forced 14.5 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 44.2% from the floor (10th in the NBA). The Cleveland defense allows 32.7% on 3-point shots (378 of 1,157) and opponents are making 75.2% of their foul shots. They give up 23.6 assists and 43.3 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 12th and 9th in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Indiana

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