It’s always an event when LeBron James’ team faces the San Antonio Spurs, so when the Cleveland Cavaliers pay the AT&T Center a visit later tonight, expect a quality basketball game to unfold. Speaking of quality games, you can find one too in downtown Manhattan, where the Xavier Musketeers and the Butler Bulldogs square off for their Big East Tournament quarterfinal clash, also tonight.
For more Championship Week previews, you can click here for the SEC Tournament and here for the ACC’s.
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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. San Antonio Spurs (9:30 PM ET)
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[sc:NBA240banner ]The Cavs continue their four-game road trip tonight in San Antonio, where they’ll try to even up their regular season series with the Spurs who beat them back in November, 92-90. The Spurs, who are coming off a 117-107 win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday, are 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS in their last six games. The Cavs, on the other hand, are 6-4 ATS in their last 10 games overall. They’ve won 22 of their last 27 games, including a 127-94 win against Dallas on Tuesday.
Writer’s Prediction
San Antonio wins, 103-101.
Xavier Musketeers vs. Butler Bulldogs (9:30 PM ET)
After splitting their two meetings during the regular season, the Musketeers and the Bulldogs will play a rubber match later tonight in Madison Square Garden to determine who among them will advance to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament. Butler won in the first encounter 88-76, but Xavier evened the series up when they scored a lopsided 73-56 win in the second one. Xavier is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games, while Butler is 3-1 ATS in its last four games.
