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Cavaliers at Wizards · Wed, Dec 23 · 7:00 PM ET

Cleveland at Washington. 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 Washington defense that gives up good looks (27th).

Wizards edges

No clear mismatch in Washington'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
CLERankStatRankWAS
120.26thOffensive rating29th111.6
116.015thDefensive rating30th123.4
+4.19thNet rating30th-11.8
99.113thPace5th100.8
56.14thEffective FG %21st53.5
11.79thTurnover %26th13.2
26.99thOffensive rebound %21st24.1
20.616thFree throw rate27th18.0
54.314thOpponent eFG %27th56.3
12.513thForced turnover %22nd11.2
74.411thDefensive rebound %30th70.2
20.917thOpponent FT rate29th23.2

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

Wizards0-10 in the last 10

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

2025-26 series: Fri, Nov 7 CLE 148, WAS 115 · Fri, Dec 12 CLE 130, WAS 126 · Wed, Feb 11 WAS 113, CLE 138 · Sun, Apr 12 WAS 117, CLE 130

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers