Cleveland at Detroit

It is hard to believe LeBron James has been in the NBA for five years already. Five years ago also marks the time that this series became an outright war. These teams get our vote for playing the ugliest games in the NBA, and the odds-makers have yet to fully catch on. Throw out what they have done recently, because when they get together, no one scores. These teams have met 18 times in the regular season in the "LeBron" era. They have played 16-2 to the UNDER, with one OVER coming in OT, and the other sneaking over the total by 1.5 points. They aren't just squeaking under the total either. The average margin UNDER the total has been 15ppg! If the total was posted at 170 for every game these teams played there would still be 61.1% of their games going UNDER. They have averaged just 171.5 ppg when they square off. These teams have topped 181 just once in their last 15 meetings (OT not included), yet the posted totals have averaged 185 in their last 13 meetings. Until the odds-makers figure this out, and shy away from the computer generated line, this one is chock full of value!