{"id":12855,"date":"2011-01-28T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T16:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12855"},"modified":"2011-01-28T11:12:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T16:12:48","slug":"blowout-in-south-beach-betting-predictions-for-pistons-at-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/blowout-in-south-beach-betting-predictions-for-pistons-at-heat-12855\/","title":{"rendered":"Blowout In South Beach? – Betting Predictions for Pistons at Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Pistons AT Miami Heat
\nJan 28, 2011 at 7:30 PM EST
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Miami -10.5
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Miami -10.5
\nOpening Total: 190.5
\nCurrent Total: 189.5
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Mia -675 \/ Det +550
\nCurrent Moneyline: -750 \/ Det +550<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wade scored 34 last night against New York; will he have enough in the tank for tonight's game?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Heat are coming off a rough defeat to the Knicks, scoring only 88 points against a team that gives up 105.9 on average.\u00a0 While part of it can be credited to an excellent effort on the part of the Knicks, there’s really no excuse to score under 90 when you have two of the best five players in the game on a team in Miami.\u00a0 They’ll seek to rebound from the loss at home against the Pistons tonight.\u00a0 Miami is 16-5 at home and Detroit is a dreadful 5-19 on the road, but the Heat will be on the second night of a back to back, and if they have tired legs, the Pistons could capitalize on it.<\/p>\n

The Pistons have recently received strong play from former All-NBA performer Tracy McGrady.\u00a0 While he’s still just a shadow of the player he once was, he is averaging 5.25 assists over the last 4 games and is averaging 17 points per game over the last two games.\u00a0 Still, despite his improved play, the Pistons have dropped three of their last five.\u00a0 They had a baffling game against Phoenix, which they won by one point, 75-74.\u00a0 What’s perplexing is how the Pistons, and the Suns for that matter, could score so few points in a game that is predicated upon offense when a team plays the Suns.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Detroit is 3-15 SU in their last 18 road games and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of their last 6 on the road.\u00a0 They are 1-6 SU in their last 7 against the Heat and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 against Miami.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 16 of the last 23 meetings between the teams and the total has gone UNDER in 9 of the last 12 games in Miami.\u00a0 Detroit is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 on the road against the Heat.<\/p>\n

Miami is 19-6 SU in their last 25 games and 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.\u00a0 They are 10-2 SU in their last 12 home games and 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 at home.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 5 of their last 7 at home.<\/p>\n

Key Matchups:<\/p>\n

Tayshaun Prince vs. LeBron James<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prince is widely regarded as one of the league’s best wing defenders and he’ll use his lengthy wingspan and frame to try to frustrate LeBron on the perimeter.\u00a0 Expect LeBron to attempt to post up Prince and use his superior strength to muscle to the basket.\u00a0 In the last game against the Pistons, however, Prince held James to 18 points, though he did hit 8 of his 15 field goals.\u00a0 If he can play ball denial defense and keep James on the perimeter, he could have a great night against James.\u00a0 Problematic for the Pistons is the fact that Prince doesn’t produce a lot of scoring himself, as he scored only 8 in the last matchup between the teams.\u00a0 But that isn’t really what they expect from Prince and his suffocating defense could make the difference.
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\nRodney Stuckey vs. Dwyane Wade<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stuckey has the perfect body to cover someone like Wade.\u00a0 He’s quick enough and strong enough to counteract Wade’s strengths.\u00a0 But that isn’t to say he’ll stop him.\u00a0 Wade scored 34 last night against the Knicks and if his legs are fresh enough he could do it again.\u00a0 He only played 18 minutes in the last meeting between the teams, so there really isn’t an accurate barometer to judge his performance against the Pistons this season, but for his career against Detroit he is averaging 21.3 points per game, 6.5 assists, and 5.0 rebounds.\u00a0 That’s the kind of all around line that has potential triple double written all over it.<\/p>\n

With the Heat coming off a tough loss last night, expect to see them sluggish out of the gates.\u00a0 It will be up to the role players on the Heat to provide the necessary spark if Wade and LeBron come out tired, but the Pistons have a great shot at covering the spread, even if it is on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detroit Pistons AT Miami Heat Jan 28, 2011 at 7:30 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 Miami -10.5 Current Line:\u00a0 Miami -10.5 Opening Total: 190.5 Current Total: 189.5 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Mia -675 \/ Det +550 Current Moneyline: -750 \/ Det +550 The Heat are coming off a rough defeat to the Knicks, scoring only 88 points against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":5387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[80,2896,66,707],"class_list":["post-12855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12855","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\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12856,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12855\/revisions\/12856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}