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Here is the sports bet preview of the Cleveland Cavaliers at Los Angeles Clippers.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (13-54) have won the past nine meetings with the Los Angeles Clippers (26-43), but none of them were bigger than the last one on February 11. In that game, the Cavaliers snapped their NBA-record 26-game losing streak at home with a 126-119 victory in overtime. The Clippers will now try to end the series skid when the teams meet again on Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Since the last meeting, a few key players between the teams have switched sides, as LA dealt point guard Baron Davis to Cleveland for point guard Mo Williams and forward Jamario Moon just prior to the trade deadline. Neither team has really benefited from the trade, as the Clippers are 5-6 since then and the Cavs are just 3-7.
Los Angeles is coming off a 104-94 home loss to Philadelphia on Wednesday in the first game back from a five-game road trip. The Clips went 3-2 on the trip both straight-up against the spread and remain 11-3 ATS in their past 14 home games despite falling to the 76ers.
Randy Foye led LA against Philly with 20 points on 8 of 13 shooting from the field while star Blake Griffin struggled with his shot. Griffin made just 3 of 12 from the field and 8 of 15 from the free-throw line to finish with 14 points. He scored a team-high 32 points in the last meeting with Cleveland but might be hitting the rookie wall, averaging 16.9 points on 40.2 percent shooting in the last seven games
The Cavaliers wrap up a three-game road trip in Los Angeles and have split the first two so far. They beat Sacramento 97-93 on Wednesday as 9.5-point underdogs but proceeded to get blown out the following night at Portland, 111-70. Ramon Sessions totaled a team-high 14 points against the Trail Blazers while Davis played less than 15 minutes and scored three off the bench.
This will be the first game back to LA for Davis, who underachieved in three seasons there. He will not have leading scorer Antawn Jamison on his side due to a broken pinky and could be facing former teammate Eric Gordon, who has missed 24 of the last 26 games with a wrist injury. Jamison scored a game-high 35 points in the last meeting. The teams have split the last four meetings against the spread after Cleveland covered each of the previous five.
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