Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Odds: NBA Championship & Game Lines

Gamelines

Spread

Moneyline

Total

Cleveland CavaliersCLE

New York KnicksNY

11:00pm UTC

Madison Square Garden

More markets for this game

Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Odds

Discussions about Cleveland basketball over the past decade have been earmarked by either the "LeBron Era" or "post-LeBron era" monikers. Rustbelt cagers are optimistic 2022-23 will be a new beginning for the Cavs, the start of the Mitchell Era.

This offseason, Cleveland created a rift in the NBA betting lines by trading for Jazz standout Donovan Mitchell. The talented guard Mitchell joins a rag tag bunch of Cavaliers featuring 34-year-old veteran Kevin Love and last year's ROY candidate—Evan Mobley.

A season ago, Cleveland (44-38) finished 8th in the Eastern Conference standings but failed to escape the play-in tournament, the 4th consecutive year the Cavs have been absent from the postseason bracket. This is fresh on the heels of 4-straight NBA Finals appearances under King James from 2015-18.

Cleveland Cavaliers Odds to Win NBA Finals

The move for Mitchell gives Cleveland more respect in the eyes of the oddsmakers - garnering (+3300) odds to win the NBA Finals on FanDuel Sportsbook. These are the 13th-shortest odds in basketball and are tied with the up-and-coming Timberwolves.

Trying to recall a Cavaliers championship in either the pre or post-LeBron era? Don't hurt your brain—it doesn't exist. Prior to LeBron joining the Cavs in the 03-04 season, Cleveland had won just 4 NBA postseason series in franchise history and had never appeared in the NBA Finals.

Betting Cleveland Cavaliers Futures

Team Futures

The Cavaliers are expected to be in contention for the Eastern Conference in 2022-23, given the 6th-shortest odds to represent the East in the 2023 Finals at (+1800).

The top-5 teams in the East are Boston, Milwaukee, Brooklyn, Miami and Philly. Following the Sixers is a large drop in the NBA conference championship odds down to Cleveland, but this makes the Cavs the best non-Big-5 team in the East.

Cleveland plays in the Central division with the Bucks, Bulls, Pistons and Pacers. Milwaukee has the best odds to win the division at (-260), followed by the Cavs at (+360). Cleveland has not won a division since the final season of the LeBron era (2017-18).

Individual Futures

The Donovan Mitchell hype is at an all-time high heading into the 2022-23 season as he takes his talents to the Eastern Conference. Mitchell is given (+6500) odds to win the NBA MVP award—which is tied for 18th-shortest in the league with the likes of Damian Lillard and "Playoff P" Paul George.