{"id":15761,"date":"2011-05-22T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T20:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=15761"},"modified":"2011-05-22T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T20:42:30","slug":"game-3-betting-chicago-bulls-at-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/game-3-betting-chicago-bulls-at-miami-heat-15761\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 3 Betting: Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls AT Miami Heat<\/strong>
\nMay 22, 2011 at 8:30 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 MIA -5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 MIA -4.5<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline: MIA -215, CHI +185<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 MIA -210, CHI +175<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 179<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 179.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Series Tied 1-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Derrick Rose was 7 of 23 from the floor in Game 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 96 hour lay off between Game 2 and tonight’s game couldn’t have been any more timely…for both teams.\u00a0 Both the Bulls and Heat are beat and and wearing each other down, and there’s still the NBA Finals after this.\u00a0 Will the fatigue of this series play a dominant role in making sure the Western Conference champion wins the Larry O’Brien?<\/p>\n

Heat coach Erik Sploestra spoke on the rest:\u00a0 \u201cFortunately, we were able to have some days to recuperate,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cOur guys, they\u2019re not shying away from it (aggressive play). Neither team is. Both teams have built these habits for the entire season. We\u2019ve proven we\u2019re an aggressive, attacking, physical defense that rebounds the basketball. \u2026 They\u2019ve proven to be the same. So you have two things colliding into each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

After their three playoff losses, the Bulls have come back to win the next game by double digits.\u00a0 That just doesn’t seem likely against a team as good as the Heat, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t jinx us like that,\u201d MVP guard Derrick Rose said.\u00a0 \u201cThis is going to be a crazy game, where I think they\u2019re going to have a lot of confidence,\u201d he continued… \u201cSome way, somehow, we\u2019ve just got to come up with this win no matter how we get it. We\u2019ve just got to have more intensity than them and play way more aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Western Conference finals have been a shootout, the Eastern Conference finals have been a grind.\u00a0 In Game 2, the Bulls only managed 29 points in the second half.\u00a0 LeBron James naturally We\u2019re all in it together,\u201d said James…I made a few plays down the stretch. But if we didn\u2019t continue to get stops defensively and give ourselves an opportunity to get in that position, we wouldn\u2019t be 1-1 now.\u201dcredited great Miami defense rather than a poorly conceived Bulls offense.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, LeBron has been playing enough to lay claim to all the Heat have done.\u00a0 He has played 40 minutes or more in 9 of the last 10 Heat games, but he never seems to wear down, leading Spolestra to conclude, “In many ways, he’s a freak of nature.”\u00a0 For a player with Karl Malone’s frame with added athleticism and speed, it seems to be a fair judgement.\u00a0 No one has came before or after LeBron that was such a physical specimen.\u00a0 While Dwight Howard could favorably also be called a “freak of nature,” that doesn’t mean there is any need or reason for comparisons.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Chicago is 18-4 SU in their last 22 games and they are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games on the road.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the Bulls’ last 6 games on the road.\u00a0 The total has also gone UNDER in 11 of the last 15 against the Heat.\u00a0 The Bulls are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against the Heat and the total has once again gone UNDER in 4 of the last 6 against Miami.\u00a0 The Bulls are 1-5 SU in their last 6 road games in Miami.\u00a0 The Bulls are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games on the road in Miami.<\/p>\n

The total has gone OVER in 6 of the Heat’s last 8 games and the Heat are 13-3 in their last 16 games and they are 5-0 SU in their last 5 at home.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami’s last 5 games at home.\u00a0 The Heat are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against the Bulls.\u00a0 The Heat are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against the Bulls.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Miami’s last 15 games against the Chicago Bulls while the Total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami’s last 6 home games against the Bulls.\u00a0 The Heat are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games at home against the Bulls.<\/p>\n

The Heat and Bulls combined are shooting only 43% from the floor and both realize the importance of tonight’s “swing” game.\u00a0 A 2-1 series lead always seems to be a better predicament than having to come back after dropping the crucial game 3, which may not be a good thing for the Bulls since they are 1-5 SU in their last six in Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls AT Miami Heat May 22, 2011 at 8:30 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 MIA -5 Current Line:\u00a0 MIA -4.5 Opening Moneyline: MIA -215, CHI +185 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 MIA -210, CHI +175 Opening Total:\u00a0 179 Current Total:\u00a0 179.5 Series Tied 1-1 The 96 hour lay off between Game 2 and tonight’s game couldn’t have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":15748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[174,707],"class_list":["post-15761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-miami-heat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761","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=15761"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15764,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761\/revisions\/15764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}