{"id":335229,"date":"2025-03-21T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=335229"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:15:19","slug":"cavaliers-vs-suns-predictions-march-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/cavaliers-vs-suns-predictions-march-21-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers vs. Suns SGP predictions March 21: Look for Devin Booker and Kevin Durant to shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-c590ca3e-3de5-4eaf-aed8-af13312d6cfa\">The court will be full of star power when the Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Phoenix Suns on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7b0165fd-8361-4a58-8740-6b7aecc343a1\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: I&#8217;m hesitant to pick a side with how the Cavaliers are playing but I like the under on an alternate game total. This parlay is rounded out with picks on star players <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\/points\/season\">Devin Booker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/kevin_durant\">Kevin Durant<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-4cb47de1-09be-4ce3-8bea-1c802f8ace8b\">Check out my Cavaliers vs. Suns SGP predictions for March 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-49c269d2-68f8-4e2f-9f80-e4b1dc5e1ee0\">Cavaliers vs. Suns predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-4174d2fc-4bdb-4e10-9773-66ac6dd1e0f1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report\">NBA injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\">NBA player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\">NBA standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-0c49e6d4-4e34-4b8a-98f1-daf35efc80f2\"><strong>Parlay: Under 239.5 points | Booker over 6.5 assists | Druant 2+ threes (+300)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-bb1acd26-2804-4c70-a9bd-2d4dee04fd91\"><a href=\"cacheembed:111521\">Embed: #111521<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3b833f48-f33c-441b-b81c-d66faa12a95e\"><strong>Under 239.5 points (-157):<\/strong> Although I like the overs for two player props in this game, I&#8217;ll back this under at an alternate total that I think is too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3b833f48-f33c-441b-b81c-d66faa12a95e\">The first thing worth mentioning is that the last meeting between these two teams ended 118-92 for the Cavaliers. That&#8217;s nowhwere near this lofty total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things haven&#8217;t been all sunshine and rainbows for Eastern Conference leaders, though, as they&#8217;re allowing 117.6 points per game over a current three-game skid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s 5.6 points higher than Cleveland&#8217;s season-long average of 112.0, per Team Rankings. But the roster is fully healthy for Friday&#8217;s game and should be itching to avoid its longest losing streak of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time the Cavs lost three straight was in January. They bounced back with a 110-91 win over the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoenix has played some inspiring defence lately, holding its last five opponents to 106.8 PPG. Six of the Suns&#8217; last seven games have stayed under this total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-8bc6d160-45ba-4452-af6e-a75b49352425\">NBA SGP picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7d7124ed-fd9a-49c6-a4c5-50861641c023\"><strong>Booker over 6.5 assists (-155):<\/strong> When the Suns had to play in Cleveland, they only scored 92 points. Booker was held to four assists in the negative game script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7d7124ed-fd9a-49c6-a4c5-50861641c023\">But Phoenix has scored more than that in every game since so I feel comfortable saying that was an outlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Booker&#8217;s also been playmaking at a high level over his past 17 games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7.9 assists per game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up from his season average of 7.0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12-5 against this line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bradley Beal remains out so that is one less ball handler on the Suns&#8217; side. It&#8217;s basically the Booker and Durant show and I expect the guard to have an above-average night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-68b32fc6-413f-4817-a4a2-aba17fcded8f\"><strong>Durant 2+ threes (-295):<\/strong> Let&#8217;s move on to Phoenix&#8217;s other star player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-68b32fc6-413f-4817-a4a2-aba17fcded8f\">This line is very steep but it adds a lot of value to the SGP when mixed with the under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-68b32fc6-413f-4817-a4a2-aba17fcded8f\">Durant doesn&#8217;t have the volume he used to from 3, but he&#8217;s still very efficient from deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>41.6 3PT%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2+ made 3s in 44\/57 games (77.2% hit rate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In that Jan. 20 game in Cleveland, Durant went 9-for-16 from the floor but shot a single 3-point attempt and made it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s obvious blowout concern but the Cavaliers haven&#8217;t been playing well. This game should be close and Durant should see enough volume this time to can a couple of triples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-723a0b15-e794-4641-9435-027fd69ebd26\"><em>Cavaliers vs. Suns predictions made at 9:23 a.m. ET 03\/21\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The court will be full of star power when the Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Phoenix Suns on Friday. The pregame narrative: I&#8217;m hesitant to pick a side with how the Cavaliers are playing but I like the under on an alternate game total. 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