{"id":242018,"date":"2026-05-23T22:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/242018\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T22:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:47:16","slug":"new-york-knicks-at-cleveland-cavaliers-betting-splits-odds-for-game-3-saturday-5-23-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/242018\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers betting splits, odds for Game 3 Saturday 5\/23\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Barnard details the betting splits on DraftKings Sportsbook for the New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers Game 3 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The New York Knicks have leaped out to a 2-0 series lead over the Cavaliers, and the action will travel back to Cleveland for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday night. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 series hole in NBA playoff history, and the Cavaliers will be playing with a clear desperation to avoid this fate. Cleveland is 6-1 this postseason at home, but the Knicks have put forth two impressive victories in Games 1 and 2 to take full control and look like the clear better team in the process.<\/p>\n

Looking at the odds for Game 3, the Cavaliers enter as narrow 2.5-point favorites with -142 moneyline odds on DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a>. The Knicks are +120 underdogs, with the game total set at 215.5 points.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s take a look at the bets placed on DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a> and which side users are backing.<\/p>\n

Knicks at Cavaliers Betting Splits on DraftKings Sportsbook<\/p>\n

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Looking at DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a> users\u2019 data, the split is interesting for this Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 matchup.<\/p>\n

60% of the bets and 62% of the betting handle are backing the Knicks to pull off the upset on the moneyline to take the 3-0 series lead. On the +2.5-point spread<\/a>, 52% of the bets and 68% of the handle are on New York.<\/p>\n

This leaves 40% of bets and 38% of the betting handle backing the Cavaliers on the moneyline, while 48% of bets and 32% of handle are on the -2.5 point spread.<\/p>\n

The clearest consensus is on the game total. 79% of bets and 78% of the betting handle are backing the game total to go over 215.5. This leaves 21% of the bets and 22% of the handle backing the under.<\/p>\n

You can check back for all updated betting splits on DraftKings Network here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Most Popular Player Prop Bets<\/p>\n

Here are the most popular player prop bets for the Saturday\u2019s matchup:<\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson 2+ Points in the 1st 3 mins (-203)<\/p>\n

Dean Wade 3+ Assists (+401)<\/p>\n

Karl-Anthony Towns Triple-Double (+3700)<\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson 1st Points Scorer (+540)<\/p>\n

Dennis Schroder 10+ Points (+312)<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell 25+ Points (-183)<\/p>\n

You also can read a full preview and pick<\/a> for this Eastern Conference battle on DraftKings Network here<\/a>, as well as the top player prop picks<\/a> ahead of tip-off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Barnard details the betting splits on DraftKings Sportsbook for the New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers Game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,12482],"class_list":["post-242018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-rail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}