Cavaliers vs Clippers Prediction, Odds, Pick Today | NBA Betting Preview (Sunday, April 7)

Here's everything you need to know about Cavaliers vs. Clippers on Sunday, April 7 — our expert prediction and betting picks for today's game.

The Cavaliers will remain in Los Angeles to face the Clippers after losing to the Lakers yesterday. Can the Cavs overcome their fatigue and pull off the upset, or will the Clippers take care of business here?

Find my Cavaliers vs. Clippers prediction and NBA betting preview below.

The Cavs are coming off consecutive blowout losses to the Lakers and Suns. They need every win they can get as the Magic and Knicks are both 0.5 games behind them for the 3-seed in the Eastern Conference, and all three teams are tied in the loss column.

Cleveland should have a decent chance to pull an upset here with Kawhi Leonard now officially being ruled out for Los Angeles. The Clippers just do not have the personnel to match up with Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland, and I expect the Cavs guards to dominate this game on the offensive end.

Editor's note: Mitchell has since been ruled out for Sunday's game due to injury management.

The Clippers have fallen off a cliff and have been wildly inconsistent as of late, ranking just 18^th in Net Rating (-1.1) with a 13-11 record since the All-Star Break. Leonard's status for this game is incredibly important because he is far and away the Clippers' most impactful player this season. The Clippers have a -2.1 Net Rating on the season with him off the floor but jump to +8.2 when he is on the floor.

The Clippers are fairly likely to secure the 4-seed in the West but haven’t clinched it yet, so I’d expect most of their other key players to play here. They will be at a one-day rest advantage as the Cavaliers are playing the second leg of back-to-back games after facing the Lakers on Saturday night.

The last time these teams matched up was on January 29th, and the Clippers lost that game by 10 largely due to their inability to get stops. The Clippers allowed a 122.1 Offensive Rating to the Cavs in that game, and they'll have to find a way to get more stops this time around.

I’ll be taking the Cavaliers as underdogs with Leonard out because this Clippers team is clearly not the same with the two-time NBA Finals MVP out of the lineup.

Take the Cavs on the moneyline at +140 at Caesars and play this down to +120.

Pick: Cavs Moneyline +140 (Caesars)