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Cleveland Cavaliers at Oklahoma City Thunder: preview and win probability

Cleveland Cavaliers visit Oklahoma City Thunder. Cavaliers have not played a regular-season game yet, while Thunder are 1-0 and have gone L-W-L-L-W in their last 5.

Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Thunder: about 79% to win, with a projected score of Cleveland Cavaliers 110, Oklahoma City Thunder 118. A win for Cavaliers would count as a real upset. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.

The teams have met 4 times in our recent records. Thunder lead 3-1, and the average margin has been 13.3 points in favor of Thunder.

On the injury report, Thomas Sorber (OKC), Nikola Topic (OKC), Otega Oweh (OKC), and Khalifa Diop (CLE) are listed as out.

Keys to the game

  • Home court is worth roughly three points in our model, which helps Thunder.
  • Watch the rotation: 5 players are listed as out across the two teams.

Recent meetings

  • Feb 22: CLE 113, OKC 121
  • Jan 19: OKC 136, CLE 104
  • Jan 16: CLE 114, OKC 134
  • Jan 8: OKC 122, CLE 129

Injury report

Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Khalifa Diop Out · back Oct 24
  • Nae'Qwan Tomlin Out · back Nov 16
  • Jarrett Allen Questionable · back Oct 22
Oklahoma City Thunder
  • Thomas Sorber Out · back Oct 26
  • Nikola Topic Out · back Oct 26
  • Otega Oweh Out · back Jul 1

Win probability

21%
79%
CavaliersThunder

Projected score: Cavaliers 110, Thunder 118

Model estimate for information and entertainment.

Matchup at a glance

CLEOKC
Record0-01-0
Last 5WLLLLLWLLW
Points per game–116
Allowed per game–104
Days of rest–14
Rating15791705

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