Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks Prediction: Believe in New York

Prediction for the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks match which will take place on April 27th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cavaliers sometimes look helpless against New York, and the head coach is trying to solve problems. For example, with three-point shots at Cleveland, everything was terrible, so they had to return Cedi Osman to the rotation. Darius Garland is unquestionably the best sniper of the Cavaliers in the current playoffs, scoring 44% of attempts, and Caris LeVert, going 2nd, has only 31% of the performance. Donovan Mitchell has faded a little after a bright start to the season, and there are claims against Evan Mobley.

According to the playoff games, Cleveland is in last place in the NBA offensive rankings. The Cavaliers are also 4th in defense, but as we can see, more is needed to balance the misses on offense. At the beginning of the last meeting, the Cavaliers' performance was unclear, and the team failed at the end. The final score was 93:102. This defeat was the 4th for Cleveland in the last 5 matches. Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen had a good match, and Donovan Mitchell made only 5 of 18 shots from the game. So the Cavaliers played almost the entire game with a rotation of 7 people.

New York Knicks

The Knicks have become a very well-coordinated and fascinating team during the regular season. New York would have risen above 5th place in the Eastern Conference without a disorganized season start. In the playoffs, Tom Thibodeau's wards are leading in the defensive ranking and are 13th in the attacking. In terms of the balance of assists to losses, the Knicks are in last place by a margin, which is probably the team's main disadvantage. 

In the last game, Jalen Brunson dragged the team: he scored 29 points and 5 three-point hits. R. J. Barrett also looked amazing, but Julius Randle failed the meeting, realizing only 3 of 10 shots from the game. New York played hard in defense, making only 5 interceptions simultaneously. Of the 17 team rebounds in the offense, 7 on the account, 5 more from Obi Toppin, who has significantly improved compared to previous seasons.

Expert Betting Tips

It is still difficult to say how Cleveland could have won the 5th match. First of all, they need to improve the attack. New York played the last game quickly and sometimes needed to score more points in simple situations. We expect more productive basketball from the teams and believe in New York because it looks stronger.