{"id":11518,"date":"2010-12-14T21:54:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T02:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11518"},"modified":"2010-12-14T21:54:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T02:54:37","slug":"nba-basketball-handicapping-cleveland-cavaliers-at-miami-heat-betting-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-basketball-handicapping-cleveland-cavaliers-at-miami-heat-betting-predictions-11518\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Basketball Handicapping: Cleveland Cavaliers at Miami Heat Betting Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Cavaliers at Miami Heat
\nWednesday, 12\/15\/10, 7:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 Sun Sports
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -18
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -17.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 195
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Heat have won nine-straight games by double-digits and will host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night at the American Airlines Arena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleveland is really starting to feel the effects of life without its superstar and will face him on Wednesday night at the American Airlines Arena.\u00a0 The Cavaliers have lost eight in a row overall and nine in a row on the road, while coming off an embarrassing 106-77 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s hard to know why,\u201d said forward Anderson Varejao on the team\u2019s struggles.\u00a0 \u201cWhen things go wrong, they go wrong.\u00a0 We want to win badly.\u201d\u00a0 The squad has won five of its last six games against the Heat and three in a row in Miami, but all of that success was with LeBron James in the starting lineup, but he will be suiting up against his former team for the second time this season.\u00a0 Cleveland is 4-9 ATS on the road this season and currently a double-digit underdog on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers are going to need a huge night from their bench in order to have any shot of pulling off a monumental-type upset, as the unit is first in the NBA in scoring by averaging 43.0 points per game.\u00a0 Cleveland\u2019s reserves have outscored its opponent\u2019s bench in all but eight games this season.\u00a0 The team has also been very protective of the basketball, leading the league in fewest turnovers at 13.2 per game, but totaled 16 turnovers against Oklahoma City last time out.\u00a0 In losing its past eight games, it\u2019s important to note that four of those came by at least 20 points and they will now face a squad that has won nine straight games by double-digits.<\/p>\n

Miami hasn\u2019t lost a game since its 118-90 demolition of tonight\u2019s opponent in James\u2019 return to the Quicken Loans Arena and he will be front and center in this contest.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a tough situation going on in Cleveland,\u201d the former Cavaliers star commented.\u00a0 \u201cI wish those guys the best.\u00a0 As much as I would love for them to get back on track, I don\u2019t want them to get back on track against us.\u201d\u00a0 He comes into this contest leading the team in assists and steals, while guard Dwyane Wade has scored 30 points or more in three straight games.\u00a0 Miami is 12-13 ATS on the season and 6-0 ATS after allowing 85 points or less.<\/p>\n

The Heat enter off an impressive defensive showing in picking up a 96-84 home win over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday.\u00a0 Miami will have plenty of NBA experts pointing out that the league has had only three teams that have won 10 consecutive games by at least 10 points apiece, something that this club can easily obtain against Cleveland.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re starting to figure out how this team is going to play all year,\u201d said Wade.\u00a0 The team has also been dominant on the boards, enjoying a 233-180 rebounding edge over the last five games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in the Cavaliers 5-2 ATS mark as a road underdog of 11 or more points, while the Heat are 2-5 ATS as a home favorite of 11 points or more.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports are ready to deliver a huge night and can\u2019t wait for you to join them for the entire season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Cavaliers at Miami Heat Wednesday, 12\/15\/10, 7:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 Sun Sports Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -18 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -17.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 195 Current Total:\u00a0 194.5 Cleveland is really starting to feel the effects of life without its superstar and will face him on Wednesday night at the American Airlines Arena.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4128,65,2896,66,707],"class_list":["post-11518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-american-airlines-arena","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11519,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518\/revisions\/11519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}