NBA Betting Picks: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors: Febr. 3, 2009

Free NBA Pick: Cleveland Cavaliers -10.5 - Tuesday Feb. 3, ‘09 7:05p
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The Cleveland Cavaliers (37-9) enter this home contest against the struggling Toronto Raptors (19-30) having won six of its last seven, including a hard fought tilt vs. the Detroit Pistons last time out on the road. I expect the Cavaliers recent success to continue in their own building tonight, where they have won 22 straight games by an average of 16 PPG. The visiting Raptors have lost eight straight in Cleveland, including a 114-94 loss back on Dec. 9, and another one-sided beat down looks to be on tonight’s agenda.

Toronto has lost nine of 12, and was blasted last time out, losing a 113-90 home decision to the Orlando Magic on Sunday. Needless to say, there are a lot of problems in Raptor land, and team confidence could be at an all-time low, as is evident when star Chris Bosh was booed heavily by the hometown fans in their last game.

The Raptors star blamed the fans, for his team’s ineptness, Bosh said.”The energy in the building isn’t good,” “We get down a little bit and everybody is like ‘Oh my god.’ Everything just goes to shambles and I think we feed off that too much. We can’t pay attention to what’s in the stands.”

When players and teams start blaming their problems on the fans, than man, you have some serious problems. Cleveland is the type of team that will take advantage of this type of side, and like most championship-caliber teams show very little mercy.

Final notes & Key Trends: Cleveland is 8-0 ATS this season against Atlantic division opponents, winning SU by an average of 16.5 PPG.

Projected score: Cleveland 105 Toronto 89 - Play on Cleveland