{"id":615755,"date":"2026-02-21T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/615755\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:41:25","slug":"thunder-vs-cavaliers-prediction-odds-picks-feb-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/615755\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder vs. Cavaliers Prediction, Odds, Picks &#8211; Feb. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Data Skrive<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/cleveland-cavaliers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (36-21) will attempt to build on a five-game road winning run at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (43-14) on February 22, 2026. Sunday&#8217;s matchup between the Thunder and the Cavaliers has no set line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about the Thunder-Cavaliers game, from the point spread, moneyline, total Over\/Under and expert picks, as well as TV channel and streaming information.<\/p>\n<p>Thunder vs. Cavaliers Game Information and TV ChannelWhen: Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 1 p.m. ETWhere: Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OklahomaTV: ABCStreaming: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.com\/espn?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned::mc=referral::src=fs::cmp=40010071005::add=625a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX One + ESPN Bundle<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/betting\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">betting<\/a> partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/betting\/sports-betting-on-fox-sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thunder vs. Cavaliers Prediction<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">ATS Pick: <br \/>O\/U Pick: Under ()<br \/>Score Prediction: Thunder 120 &#8211; Cavaliers 112<\/p>\n<p>Thunder Recent TrendsThe Thunder have a 5-4-1 record against the spread while going 6-4 overall in their past 10 contests.The Thunder are 28-28-1 against the spread this year.Thunder games this year have hit the over 31 times in 57 opportunities (54.4%).The Thunder record only 4.1 more points per game (119.4) than the Cavaliers give up (115.3).Oklahoma City has a 25-11 record against the spread and a 34-2 record overall when scoring more than 115.3 points.The Thunder make 48.6% of their shots from the field this season, which is 2.6 percentage points higher than the Cavaliers have allowed to their opponents (46.0%).The Thunder own a worse record against the spread when playing at home (14-16-0) than they do in road games (14-12-1).When playing at home, Oklahoma City goes over the over\/under 46.7% of the time (14 of 30 games). It hits the over more often in away games, eclipsing the total in 63% of games (17 of 27).As a moneyline favorite, the Thunder have won a lower percentage of their games when playing at home (.767) compared to road games (.769).Thunder Recent Stats    Stat  Average  Rank      \tPoints Scored  119.4  5     Points Allowed  107.6  1  Rebounds  43.7  15    Assists  25.4  19    \tSteals  9.8  4    \tBlocks  5.7  5   Thunder LeadersChet Holmgren posts 17.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, shooting 55.9% from the field and 35.6% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/cason-wallace-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cason Wallace<\/a> averages 8.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. Defensively, he averages 2.1 steals (first in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a>) and 0.3 blocks.Isaiah Hartenstein posts 10.6 points, 9.6 boards and 3.6 assists per contest. Defensively, he averages 1.0 steal and 0.7 blocks.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/isaiah-joe-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Joe<\/a> averages 10.5 points, 1.4 assists and 2.6 rebounds.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/aaron-wiggins-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Wiggins<\/a> averages 10.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. At the other end he averages 1.0 steal and 0.5 blocks.Cavaliers Recent TrendsThe Cavaliers are 7-3 against the spread and 9-1 overall over their last 10 contests.Against the spread, the Cavaliers are 25-32-0 this year.Cavaliers games this year have hit the over on 27 of 57 set point totals (47.4%).The Cavaliers&#8217; 119.8 points per game are 12.2 more points than the 107.6 the Thunder give up to opponents.Cleveland has put together a 24-25 ATS record and a 35-14 overall record in games it scores more than 107.6 points.The Cavaliers have shot at a 47.7% clip from the field this season, 4.3 percentage points higher than the 43.4% shooting opponents of the Thunder have averaged.Against the spread, the Cavaliers have had better results away (13-14-0) than at home (12-18-0) .Cleveland&#8217;s games have finished above the over\/under 40% of the time at home (12 of 30), and 55.6% of the time on the road (15 of 27).In 2025-26 as moneyline favorites, the Cavaliers have a better winning percentage at home (.679, 19-9 record) than on the road (.647, 11-6).Cavaliers Recent Stats    Stat  Average  Rank      \tPoints Scored  119.8  2     Points Allowed  115.3  16  Rebounds  44.7  11    Assists  28.5  8    \tSteals  9.0  8    \tBlocks  5.2  9   Cavaliers LeadersDonovan Mitchell provides 28.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game for the Cavaliers.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/james-harden-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Harden<\/a> is averaging 24.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game. He&#8217;s making 42.4% of his shots from the field and 35.6% from beyond the arc, with 3.0 triples per contest.The Cavaliers are getting 14.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jarrett-allen-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jarrett Allen<\/a> this year.The Cavaliers are getting 13.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jaylon-tyson-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaylon Tyson<\/a> this year.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/dennis-schroder-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Schroder<\/a> gets the Cavaliers 12.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game while delivering 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">FOX Sports created this story using technology provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/dataskrive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience      <\/p>\n<p>\n        recommended\n      <\/p>\n<p> Arrow pointing to the leftArrow pointing to the right <\/p>\n<p>Item 1 of 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Data Skrive The Cleveland Cavaliers (36-21) will attempt to build on a five-game road winning run at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,212,193,78812,712,1407,6,81481,310,475,179,3966,3965,312],"class_list":{"0":"post-615755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-betting","10":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","11":"tag-event_preview","12":"tag-gambling","13":"tag-national-basketball-association","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-cleveland-cavaliers-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-02-22-2026","16":"tag-oklahoma","17":"tag-oklahoma-city","18":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","19":"tag-oklahomacity","20":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","21":"tag-thunder"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116108675245665645","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}