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Potential Finals preview -- they split last season, each winning at home. The Thunder are without Jalen Williams and Isaiah Hartenstein, and the Cavs are built to take advantage of that in theory with Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen in the frontcourt. Cleveland owes me one after just scalding me the other night in Philly -- a game the Cavs had no right winning honestly. OKC has looked rather mortal of late. Forget a record 74 wins.

We’re getting a decent discount on this line since Evan Mobley averages 17.8 points per game for the season. It’s because he is facing the Thunder, who have the best defensive rating. However, Mobley could receive additional shot attempts in this matchup with Darius Garland (toe) out. Also working in Mobley’s favor is that this game will be played in Cleveland. He averages 18.9 points per game at home. When he faced the Thunder at home last season, he scored 21 points. Despite the matchup, this over is appealing.

Jaylon Tyson is in the midst of a breakout season for a Cavs team that has struggled to have the same success they had last year where they finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference. Injuries have beset the Cavs and Tyson has stepped up and is coming off his best career performance scoring 39 points and finishing 7/9 from three in his last appearance. While that was certainly impressive, this is a great sell high spot on Monday versus an elite Oklahoma City defense.
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