{"id":312323,"date":"2025-11-28T13:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/312323\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:31:07","slug":"cavs-vs-hawks-preview-odds-injury-report-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/312323\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs vs. Hawks: preview, odds, injury report, TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YC5NDVG6GJCFVA3LSCN5BAHSTE\">CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 The Cavs have lived on the outskirts of the NBA Cup since the league introduced it. Close enough to feel the possibilities, denied just enough to understand how fine the margins can be. Each November, it has felt like the bracket room closed seconds before Cleveland reached the door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LNMRK3WUXNHJNLNVG2Y5BCS7HI\">This year, the Cavs are in similar territory with Friday\u2019s group play finale against Atlanta to determine which team advances. They aren\u2019t dead. They aren\u2019t safe. They\u2019re somewhere in the thicket, trying to piece together a path through numbers, opponents and the weight of their own availability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TY6OAP4ZN5EGTGWISMXFPAIIHM\">The equation is clear enough. Cleveland must beat the Hawks on Friday night. From there, their advancement hangs on point differential. They must finish ahead of Miami if New York beats Milwaukee, ahead of Milwaukee if the Bucks win instead or ahead of Orlando if Detroit steals a game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"U3K4WRA7N5C4LNW52A5J723SX4\">Each scenario runs through math the Cavs can\u2019t control. But running up the score in their own matchup on Friday is something they can. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"M5L6UKAL4ZDH3OCVC5KP6OV4LU\">How to watch the Cavs: See how to watch the Cavs games with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/tv\/cavs-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/tv\/cavs-schedule\/\">handy game-by-game TV schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know about the matchup:<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OXLFFNLJ5FC5VEHZJPW5YSGTWA\">Who: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Atlanta Hawks<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PZFA3J2MONGWHCSLF4JUFBOJSQ\">Series: Second of four matchups in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SDPPN7SOOZF4HLR7LJW6ZGD23M\">Where: State Farm Arena<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7VHFY66K2ZAXFFTLIX7C7UT5KY\">When: 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XUD64AVVLFBGXJU5ZNAOLVOOBI\">The point spread: Cavaliers minus-5.5; O\/U 240.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GW46C64L4VHTLCK6LUEV6GBL5M\">TV: FanDuel Sports Network &#8211; Ohio<\/p>\n<p>Injury report<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IO2FJ3R6CVBILFEJWJVAQ6VAG4\">Cavs<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"C4BWUQX63RCOREGN2KJPUOHWE4\">Out:<\/p>\n<p>Chris Livingston (G League \u2013 Two-Way)Sam Merrill (right hand; sprain)Max Strus (left foot; Jones fracture surgery)Luke Travers (G League \u2013 Two-Way)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6YQJOGQORFAKHEVRFW3Q5KDFU4\">Probable:<\/p>\n<p>Jarrett Allen (right third finger; strain)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OUYIVSPDCVEQNGM7YPUPF7ZWXE\">Questionable:<\/p>\n<p>Craig Porter Jr. (left hamstring; strain)Dean Wade (right knee; hyperextension)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YO3D562GJZFBLMFUWSMOGU5AXQ\">Hawks<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3BQNCZ3IIVHMVNFOVCO52KST6Q\">Out:<\/p>\n<p>N\u2019Faly Dante (left knee; MCL sprain)Nikola Djurisic (right elbow; sprain)Trae Young (right knee; MCL sprain)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NJAPFKEKXFCXTLWH32IWN3H3BM\">Questionable:<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Houstan (G League \u2013 Two-Way)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 The Cavs have lived on the outskirts of the NBA Cup since the league introduced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[130084,49,48,37351,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-312323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks-2025","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers-2024-2025","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}