$100 on the Cavs -2 (-102).
The Jazz are a really solid team, especially at home, but they are playing at way too slow of a tempo right now. Favors is a beast, but he's still not 100%. Expect a good all around effort from him today but still not the dominant Favors we know. I don't think George Hill will be able to keep Kyrie in front of him at all. As good as a defender as he is, he's coming back from a long layoff and he hasn't guarded a premier PG for about 1 entire month now. You got Hayward gonna have his hands full with James and Liggins is a good on ball defender, he will definitely harass Rodney Hood who has been a thorn in the Cavs side for the last year or so. Liggins might be one of the next emerging great on ball defenders in the NBA. Then you have Shumpert coming off the bench who should be able to lock down Ingles or whoever he decides to guard (probably Hayward in spurts). I think Cleveland is just too good offensively at the moment for the Jazz, without a 100% Favors. This team is struggling to put up 100 points nightly in their own building, and to beat the Cavs you probably need to score at least 100.
The Jazz are a really solid team, especially at home, but they are playing at way too slow of a tempo right now. Favors is a beast, but he's still not 100%. Expect a good all around effort from him today but still not the dominant Favors we know. I don't think George Hill will be able to keep Kyrie in front of him at all. As good as a defender as he is, he's coming back from a long layoff and he hasn't guarded a premier PG for about 1 entire month now. You got Hayward gonna have his hands full with James and Liggins is a good on ball defender, he will definitely harass Rodney Hood who has been a thorn in the Cavs side for the last year or so. Liggins might be one of the next emerging great on ball defenders in the NBA. Then you have Shumpert coming off the bench who should be able to lock down Ingles or whoever he decides to guard (probably Hayward in spurts). I think Cleveland is just too good offensively at the moment for the Jazz, without a 100% Favors. This team is struggling to put up 100 points nightly in their own building, and to beat the Cavs you probably need to score at least 100.
