The home team is 8-0 straight up and against the spread in eight meetings between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors. The Cavaliers will attempt to end that streak and this series with a road win in Game 6 this Friday night in Toronto against the Raptors.
Cavaliers vs. Raptors odds, 2016 NBA playoffs: Cleveland road favorite in Game 6 on Friday
The Cleveland Cavaliers can close out their series against the Toronto Raptors on Friday as road favorites at the sportsbooks for Game 6.
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Cleveland is a 6.5-point betting favorite for Friday's Game 6 at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. In each of the team's last two games in Toronto, the Cavaliers were favored by six points.
The difference between Game 4 and Game 5 for the Cavaliers was incredible. Cleveland trailed by 16 points at the half and lost by six points in Game 4, only to lead by 31 at the half and win by 38 just one game later.
The biggest turnaround on the court was in Kevin Love’s game, as Love went from shooting 28.6 percent and scoring 10 points in Game 4 to shooting 80 percent and scoring 25 points in Game 5.
Now, the Cavaliers will try to shake their reputation as a vulnerable road team with a big win in Game 6.
The Cavaliers are just 10-10 SU and 7-13 ATS in their last 20 games as a betting favorite of seven points or fewer with a 4-5 SU and 2-7 ATS road record in their last nine per the OddsShark NBA Database.
The Raptors’ offense lives and dies on the production of DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, and in Game 5 it died. The duo combined for just 27 points and shot 35 percent from the field in the 116-78 loss.
Fortunately for the Raptors, momentum from game to game hasn’t seemed to have any effect on this series as the home team has consistently dominated. Toronto is 12-2 SU and 9-5 ATS in its last 14 games at home.
Thursday's total is set at 196 points. The UNDER is 4-1-1 in the last six games between Cleveland and Toronto.
In a series of home team dominance, Toronto would appear to have value as a 6.5-point home dog. But if the Cavaliers can bring a level of play that even remotely resembles what they did in Game 5, this could be the final game of the Eastern Conference Finals.
