NBA Matchup

Cavaliers @ Knicks

Fri, May 22 12:00 AMMadison Square GardenESPN

Odds

DraftKings

Spread

NY -5.5

Moneyline

CLE +164·NY -198

O/U

215.5

Away

Cavaliers

52-30

25-16 road

#4 seed

Home

Knicks

53-29

30-10 home

#3 seed

AI Analysis

LEANSoft lean — not a strong recommendation

Cavaliers +6.5

-110· moderate risk

68%

Cleveland is an elite road ATS team at 26-15 (.634) facing a Knicks squad that is only 21-20 (.512) ATS at home, and the 6.5-point spread feels inflated given Cleveland's superior season-long ATS record and competitive efficiency metrics.

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Season Series — CLE 0 - NY 3

CLE 121-108 NY

May 24

CLE 109-93 NY

May 22

CLE 115-104 NY

May 20

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ATS Records

49-33

Overall ATS

40-42

26-15

Away/Home ATS

21-20

43-30

As Favorite

34-31

6-3

As Underdog

6-11

0-0

Over/Under

0-0

4-6

Last 10 ATS

7-3

ATS Win%

0.6%

Avg spread: -7.7

Avg margin: +9.5

ATS Win%

0.5%

Avg spread: -5.0

Avg margin: +4.1

Scoring

119.5

#18

PPG

116.5

115.4

Opp PPG

110.1

4.1

+/-

6.4

Shooting

45.9

#17

FG%

51.7

33.1

#25

3PT%

39.6

73.5

#26

FT%

75.6

#21

Team Stats

41.4

#19

RPG

43.9

21.7

#26

APG

26.2

#10

15.4

#29

TOPG

12.4

7.8

#17

STL

8.5

#12

5.1

BLK

4.3

#21

1.4

#28

A/TO

2.1