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Cavaliers at Nets · Thu, Jan 21 · 7:30 PM ET

Cleveland at Brooklyn. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Cavaliers edges

  • On offenseCleveland's offense shoots efficiently (4th) against a Brooklyn defense that gives up good looks (28th).

Nets edges

No clear mismatch in Brooklyn's favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
CLERankStatRankBKN
120.26thOffensive rating30th109.7
116.015thDefensive rating26th120.1
+4.19thNet rating29th-10.3
99.113thPace25th96.2
56.14thEffective FG %30th52.0
11.79thTurnover %29th13.7
26.99thOffensive rebound %24th23.6
20.616thFree throw rate14th21.2
54.314thOpponent eFG %28th57.1
12.513thForced turnover %14th12.4
74.411thDefensive rebound %18th74.0
20.917thOpponent FT rate27th22.5

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Cavaliers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

Nets3-7 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. W
  5. W
  6. L
  7. L
  8. W
  9. L
  10. L

2025-26 series: Fri, Oct 24 CLE 131, BKN 124 · Thu, Feb 19 BKN 84, CLE 112 · Sun, Mar 1 CLE 106, BKN 102

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers