Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 63-31 Cleveland Cavaliers host the 68-28 Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on 5/24/2015 at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH; Tipoff is at 8:30 PM ET.

Betting Odds
Point Spread: Cavaliers -9
Over/Under Total Line: 190

In Game 2 of this series the Hawks were at home and lost to the Cavaliers 94-82 and failed to cover the spread as a 3.5-point favorite. Atlanta has failed to cover the spread in 3 of their last 4 games including both games in this series. The total for Game 2 went Under, which has been the winning bet for the Hawks last 4 games. In their last 10 games Atlanta is 5-5 ATS and they have an O/U record of 4-6.

On the season the Hawks are 28-21 ATS at home and 27-18-2 ATS on the road. While the Hawks have not covered in the first 2 games of this series at home they have covered the spread in their last 2 home games. Atlanta has an O/U home record of 22-27 and an O/U road record of 25-22. In their last road game the posted total went Under while it had gone Over in the previous 2 games.

The Cavaliers won and covered in Game 2 for the 2nd straight game and they have covered the spread in 3 straight. The Under has been the winning bet for the Cavaliers last 3 games. In their last 10 games Cleveland is 6-4 ATS and they have an O/U record of 3-7.

This season the Cavaliers are 23-23 ATS at home and 23-25 ATS on the road. In 2 of their last 3 home games Cleveland has failed to cover the spread including their last one. The Cavaliers have an O/U home record of 18-28 and an O/U road record of 19-28-1. In their last 2 home games the Over has been the winning bet.

The Cavaliers have won and covered in both games in this series while in the regular season they lost 3 of 4 to the Hawks and only covered once. In the regular season the total went Over in 3 of the 4 games, but has gone Under in both games in this series.

Key Betting Trends

ATL is 5-11-1 ATS in their last 17 games overall.
ATL is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss.
ATL has an Under record of 4-0 in their last 4 games.
CLE is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a SU win of more than 10 points.
CLE is 3-0 ATS in their last 3 games overall.
CLE has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 games.

Injury Report

ATLANTA
DeMarre Carroll F Day-to-Day (knee)
Al Horford C Day-to-Day (knee)
Kyle Korver G Out Indefinitely (ankle)
Thabo Sefolosha G Out For Season (ankle)

CLEVELAND
Kyrie Irving G Day-to-Day (knee)
Kevin Love F Out For Season (shoulder)
Anderson Varejao F Out For Season (Achilles)

Consensus Betting ATS
Atlanta: 61%
Cleveland: 39%

Free NBA Pick

The Hawks really have their backs against the wall down 2-0 and now playing the next 2 games in Cleveland. On top of that All Star sharpshooter Kyle Korver is out for the rest of the post-season with an ankle injury. The Cavs did not have a great shooting Game 2, but the Hawks only shot 41.8% from the floor and for the 2nd game in the row they struggled with their 3-point shot (6-26). DeMarre Carroll is dealing with a knee injury and he was supposed to keep LeBron James in check, but in Game 2 King James scored 30 points and came within 1 rebound of a triple-double. Pal Millsap struggled for the 2nd straight game in Game 2 and Jeff Teague only went for 12 points on 5/16 shooting. The Hawks need to find their offense, as no starter scored more than 12 points in Game 2.

I think the Cavaliers will win this game, but the Hawks will not back down and this will be a closer contest than the 12-point Game 2 loss. Because of that Atlanta will cover the spread.

Take the HAWKS +9