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Cavaliers at Lakers · Fri, Mar 12 · 10:00 PM ET

Cleveland at Lakers. 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

No clear mismatch in Cleveland's favor.

Lakers edges

No clear mismatch in Los Angeles' 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
CLERankStatRankLAL
120.26thOffensive rating9th119.0
116.015thDefensive rating19th117.2
+4.19thNet rating14th+1.8
99.113thPace21st97.6
56.14thEffective FG %2nd57.3
11.79thTurnover %20th12.6
26.99thOffensive rebound %22nd23.9
20.616thFree throw rate2nd24.4
54.314thOpponent eFG %22nd55.5
12.513thForced turnover %11th12.6
74.411thDefensive rebound %13th74.3
20.917thOpponent FT rate8th19.1

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

Lakers4-6 in the last 10

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

2025-26 series: Wed, Jan 28 LAL 99, CLE 129 · Tue, Mar 31 CLE 113, LAL 127

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers