Cleveland Cavaliers visit Miami Heat. Cavaliers have not played a regular-season game yet, while Heat are 0-1 and have gone L-W-W-L-L in their last 5.
Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Heat: about 53% to win, with a projected score of Cleveland Cavaliers 114, Miami Heat 114. That is close to a toss-up. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 11 times in our recent records. Cavaliers lead 8-3, and the average margin has been 14 points in favor of Cavaliers.
On the injury report, Khalifa Diop (CLE) and Nae'Qwan Tomlin (CLE) are listed as out.