Cleveland at Indiana

The Cleveland Cavaliers are trying to work Isaiah Thomas into the fold, but he will rest tonight. Outside of an 18-1 stretch, this team has played poor basketball. The defense has been an extreme issue of late as the Cavaliers have allowed an unthinkable 129 points per game in their last three. This is usually where LeBron James says "that's enough," and leads a charge to a different result. Indiana has certainly not been on a joy ride themselves at 2-6 over their last eight. The Pacers have allowed better than 50% shooting against them in dive of their last eight, which is certainly not a recipe to beat the Cavs. The Pacers have allowed 17 opponents to crash the 110-point party, so make the play on Cleveland.