Jesse Schule Free Pick
(NBA) Minnesota vs. Cleveland, 01/25/2016 2:00 PM, Score: 107 - 114
Total: 203.00 | -109.00 Under
Result: Win
This is a Free #NBA play on MIN@CLE to go OVER the total.

The Cavs are the top team in the Eastern Conference, and under David Blatt they had one of the NBA's best defenses. Blatt was 83-40 overall during his tenure in Cleveland, and still he was given his marching orders. LeBron denies having anything to do with the decision, but a source close to Cavs has said: "Ty wanted the job from the beginning, and LeBron wanted him to have it,'' "There was a division within the players, but J.R. [Smith], [Iman] Shumpert, even [Kevin] Love sided with LeBron. Kyrie [Irving] was supportive of Dave, but there were a group the last two weeks trying to get him fired.''

Cleveland's first game in the Tyronn Lue era was nothing short of a disaster, losing by double digits at home to the Bulls. After the game Lue questioned his team's conditioning: "I think we have to play faster," Lue told the team's official website. "I think we have to utilize Kyrie and LeBron's one-on-one ability in transition to open the floor more and run in more drags. We just haven't been accustomed to playing that way …"

They shouldn't have any trouble picking up the pace against Minnesota, a team that is among the league's worst defensively. The Wolves have allowed over 100 points in six of their last seven overall. These teams have scored plenty of points in recent meetings, with three of the last four going over the total. Only one of those games was played in Cleveland, and the Cavs that contest by a score of 125-104. They scored an average of 113 points in those games. The over is 6-1-1 in Timberwolves last 8 road games.

Take OVER.

GL,

Jesse Schule