Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Horizon League · Wolstein Center · February 14, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread CLE -2.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money CLE -125 / DETM +138
Model Predictions
Spread Total CLE win
Actual CLE +7 135 Won
Massey CLE -1.4 (+5.6) — —
Massey Totals — 140.6 (-5.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 77% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CLE -2.2 (+4.8) 145.1 (-10.1) 63% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CLE -1.9 (+5.1) 142.8 (-7.8) 61% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CLE -1.1 (+5.9) 146.1 (-11.1) 61% ✓
Baseline ML CLE -1.6 (+5.4) 146.5 (-11.5) 62% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 11, 2026 DETM 94 – 84 CLE
Dec 6, 2025 DETM 71 – 59 CLE
Feb 22, 2025 CLE 73 – 65 DETM
Jan 23, 2025 CLE 65 – 50 DETM
Feb 2, 2024 CLE 77 – 65 DETM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CLE DETM
Overall 19-8 12-10
Conference 16-4 10-6
Home 9-2 7-5
Away 8-5 5-5
Neutral 2-1 0-0
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.9 76.5
Avg Pts Against 71.2 74.0
Massey -2.0 (#195) -0.9 (#180)
Bradley-Terry 0.67 (#119) -0.27 (#191)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.53 (#143) -0.21 (#182)
RPI 0.580 (#51) 0.498 (#174)
Shooting & Four Factors CLE DETM
FG% 44.6% 45.6%
3PT% 32.2% 39.0%
REB / G 34.5 33.0
OREB / G 10.7 9.2
AST / TO 0.97 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.4% 54.1%
TOV% 20.1% 17.0%
ORB% 30.7% 26.9%
FT Rate 21.6% 20.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 54.6%
Opp TOV% 20.8% 18.7%
DRB% 67.1% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 29.8% 16.6%

Game Analysis

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