Brooklyn Nets visit Cleveland Cavaliers early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Nets went W-W-L-L-L and Cavaliers went W-L-L-L-L over their last five.
Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Cavaliers: about 89% to win, with a projected score of Brooklyn Nets 107, Cleveland Cavaliers 121. A win for Nets would count as a real upset. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 7 times in our recent records. Cavaliers lead 7-0, and the average margin has been 13 points in favor of Cavaliers.
On the injury report, Khalifa Diop (CLE), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (CLE), and Tyler Bilodeau (BKN) are listed as out.