Cleveland Cavaliers vs Washington Wizards Prediction, 10/26/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Washington Wizards

Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024

Location: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC

TV: Monumental Sports Network

The Cleveland Cavaliers (48-34 last season) are hitting the road to Capital One Arena on Saturday where they will try to beat the Washington Wizards (15-67 last year).

The Cavaliers stepped onto the hardwood against the Raptors and took home the win by a score of 136-106 in their last game. Cleveland wrapped up the game having earned a 58.6% field goal percentage (51 of 87) and buried 14 of their 30 3-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Cavaliers buried 20 of 26 tries for a percentage of 76.9%. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they collected 41 with 13 of them being offensive. They also doled out 38 assists in the matchup while forcing the opposition into 18 turnovers and earning 13 steals. Pertaining to defending, Cleveland let their opponent shoot 41.9% from the field on 36 of 86 shooting. Toronto earned 21 dimes and had 10 steals in this matchup. Furthermore, Toronto collected 49 rebounds (14 offensive, 35 defensive) and had 5 blocked shots. Toronto finished the contest at 75.9% at the charity stripe by converting 22 of their 29 attempts. They also made 12 out of their 31 tries from 3-point land. Concerning personal fouls, the Cavaliers walked away with 27 and the Raptors recorded 22 personal fouls.

Evan Mobley is a guy who was a major contributor for this contest. He finished with 25 points on 9 of 14 shooting. He was on the court for 27 mins and snagged 9 rebounds. Mobley finished the contest at 64.3% from the floor and also totaled 3 assists.

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Cleveland comes into this matchup after finishing with a win-loss mark of 48-34 last season. They had an average of 112.6 points per game (20th in basketball) while shooting 47.9% from the field. The Cavaliers shot 36.7% on 3-point shots (1,108 of 3,016) and 76.5% from the free throw line. As a basketball team, Cleveland snagged 43.3 boards per contest and totaled 2,299 dimes last year, which was 8th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. They coughed up possession 13.6 times per game and as a group committed 17.5 personal fouls every game.

Defensively, the Cavaliers forced their opponents into 13.6 turnovers per contest and they drew 18.7 personal fouls. They were 6th in the league in allowing assists 2,071 conceded last season. The Cavaliers allowed an opponent shooting percentage of 46.3% (3,323 of 7,176) and they conceded 42.7 boards per contest as a basketball team. They gave up 37.1% on shots from beyond the arc and they ranked 7th in the NBA in PPG allowed (110.2).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Wizards took a defeat with a final score of 132-122 when they played the Celtics. The Wizards pulled down 29 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 40 in this game. They also gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while getting 13 steals in the game. The Celtics earned 20 personal fouls for the matchup which got the Wizards to the free throw line for a total of 10 shots. They were able to make 10 of them for a percentage of 100.0%. In terms of shooting from beyond the arc, Washington knocked down 14 out of 38 attempts (36.8%). When the game finished, the Wizards went 49 out of 103 from the field which had them at 47.6%. The Wizards allowed the Celtics to make 51 out of their 89 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 57.3% in the matchup. They finished the game shooting 50.0% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 16 out of 32 and ended up shooting 14 out of 21 at the free throw line (66.7%). With respect to rebounding, Washington allowed Boston to get 54 in all (12 on the offensive side).

Eugene Omoruyi pitched in for the Wizards in the matchup. Omoruyi recorded 26 points in his 23 mins on the hardwood and accounted for 5 dimes in this game. He made 11 out of 17 in this matchup for a field goal percentage of 64.7%, and tallied 2 rebounds.

Washington had a record of 15-67 last season. In terms of offensive execution, the Wizards shot 47.0% from the floor, which had them ranked 17th in the league. Washington tallied 9,327 pts last season (113.7 per game) and they grabbed 41.1 boards per game. They got an assist 27.9 times per contest (9th in the NBA) and they turned it over 14.0 times per game. The Wizards were responsible for committing 20.0 personal fouls every game and they connected on 76.4% from the free throw line.

The Washington defense gave up 36.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter (1,007 of 2,782) and opponents knocked down 77.7% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrendered 29.0 dimes and 48.9 boards per contest, which ranked them 29th and 30th in the NBA. The Wizards on defense were ranked 30th in the NBA in PPG surrendered with 123.0. They forced 14.0 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 49.6% from the floor (29th in basketball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Washington and under the total points

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