Cavaliers vs Wizards

Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers come in having dropped five of their last seven while the Wizards ride a three-game skid and a brutal 3-19 start, including 13 straight losses to Cleveland, yet the matchup still heavily favors the visitors given Washington’s league-worst defense and minus roster pieces like Alex Sarr and Corey Kispert alongside a banged-up backcourt. Even with Cleveland missing key rotation guys such as Jarrett Allen and Max Strus, Mitchell’s long track record of torching the Wizards and the Cavs’ size edge with Evan Mobley against an undersized, thin Washington front line make the -1000 moneyline a high-confidence, low-upside play best suited for parlays rather than straight action. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 12/12/2025 09:45

Washington’s awful defensive stretch and up-tempo style have helped fuel some shootouts, but a three-game losing streak combined with multiple injured scorers and playmakers on both sides—Sarr, Kispert and Bilal Coulibaly for the Wizards, plus Allen and Strus for Cleveland—raises real questions about whether these thinned-out rotations can push this all the way past an inflated 244.5 total. Recent Cavs games have skewed more grind-it-out, and if Cleveland grabs another big lead behind Mitchell and Mobley as they often have in this matchup, a slower second half and garbage-time lineups set up better for an under than for another 250-plus point track meet. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 12/12/2025 09:45

Evan Mobley and Cleveland’s length have repeatedly overwhelmed Washington, with the Cavs piling up double-digit wins during their 13-game run in this series, but laying -14.5 on the road against a desperate Wizards team on a three-game skid—yet finally back home with a full complement of fringe rotation players—even with several core pieces still out, introduces real backdoor-cover risk. The Wizards’ porous defense and turnover issues, combined with Mitchell’s history of big nights in this matchup and CJ McCollum’s more modest production versus Cleveland, do lean toward another lopsided Cavs win, though Cleveland’s own injury list and recent inconsistency make this a lower-confidence recommendation than the moneyline, with only modest value at standard juice. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 12/12/2025 09:45