{"id":704401,"date":"2026-04-08T02:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704401\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:26:04","slug":"cavs-vs-hawks-how-to-watch-odds-and-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704401\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs vs. Hawks: How to watch, odds, and injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> don\u2019t have much to play for with three games left in the season. Their playoff seeding seems mostly set. But as of now, it appears they\u2019re going to give it their best shot in what could be their first-round opponent \u2014 the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see how they fare against a Hawks team that needs to play well down the stretch to avoid falling into the Play-In Tournament.<\/p>\n

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Who:\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (50-29) vs. Atlanta Hawks<\/a> (45-34)<\/p>\n

Where: Rocket Arena \u2013 Cleveland, OH<\/p>\n

When: Wed. April 8 at 7 PM<\/p>\n

TV: ESPN, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports App, RESN, WUAB 43<\/p>\n

Point spread: Cavs -2<\/p>\n

Cavs injury report: Donovan Mitchell \u2013 QUESTIONABLE (ankle), Dean Wade \u2013 QUESTIONABLE (ankle), Jaylon Tyson \u2013 QUESTIONABLE (toe), Thomas Bryant \u2013 OUT (calf), Tristan Enaruna \u2013 OUT (G League)<\/p>\n

Hawks injury report: RayJ Dennis \u2013 QUESTIONABLE (G League), Keshon Gilbert \u2013 QUESTIONABLE (G League), Jock Landale \u2013 OUT (ankle)<\/p>\n

Cavs expected starting lineup: James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen<\/p>\n

Hawks expected starting lineup: CJ McCollum, Nikeil Alexander-Walker, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu<\/p>\n

Previous matchup: The Cavs lost to the Hawks 130-123 in group stage play of the NBA Cup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers don\u2019t have much to play for with three games left in the season. Their playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[1577,676,208,3874,7,7046,305,193,5759,864,206,576,677,59094,126,2990,560,1178,2286,3692,18947,6,493,30381,362,28016],"class_list":{"0":"post-704401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-ankle-injury","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-hawks","11":"tag-atlantahawks","12":"tag-basketball","13":"tag-cj-mccollum","14":"tag-cleveland","15":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","16":"tag-dean-wade","17":"tag-donovan-mitchell","18":"tag-dyson-daniels","19":"tag-evan-mobley","20":"tag-hawks","21":"tag-hawks-injury","22":"tag-indiana-pacers","23":"tag-jalen-johnson","24":"tag-james-harden","25":"tag-jarrett-allen","26":"tag-jaylon-tyson","27":"tag-jock-landale","28":"tag-keshon-gilbert","29":"tag-nba","30":"tag-onyeka-okongwu","31":"tag-rayj-dennis","32":"tag-thomas-bryant","33":"tag-tristan-enaruna"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116366726148735424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704401","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=704401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}