{"id":21355,"date":"2012-01-29T10:47:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T15:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21355"},"modified":"2012-01-29T10:47:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T15:47:11","slug":"nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-miami-heat-21355\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat
\nSunday, 1\/29\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 193.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bulls are underdogs for the first time this season in taking on the Miami Heat Sunday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago won all three regular-season games with the Miami Heat by a combined eight points during the 2010-11 campaign, but dropped the Eastern Conference finals series in five games.\u00a0 \u201cThe hype is going to be crazy for this game,\u201d commented Bulls point guard Derrick Rose.\u00a0 \u201cYou just can\u2019t buy into it.\u201d\u00a0 He is averaging 21.9 points and 7.9 assists per game, coming off a season-high 34 points versus the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.\u00a0 Chicago is 10-7 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 10-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 8-3 overall on the road this season, including a 4-1 mark when taking on Eastern Conference rivals.\u00a0 Rose was certainly at his best in the three regular-season meetings with the Heat a year ago, averaging a team-high 29.0 points per game.\u00a0 Chicago averaged 93.0 points per game in those three contests, while holding Miami to 90.3 points a game.\u00a0 This afternoon\u2019s game begins a nine-game road trip for the franchise, as it\u2019s off to its third-best start in history through 21 games.<\/p>\n

Miami has finally gotten healthy and its shown on the court in winning six of seven games, but bettors should be wary with the squad posting a 3-4 ATS record in that span.\u00a0 The Heat are coming off a 99-89 win over the New York Knicks as 12-point home favorites on Friday night, going \u201cunder\u201d the total in three of their past four games.\u00a0 \u201cWe hope the fans are excited about the game,\u201d commented Heat forward LeBron James.\u00a0 Miami is 13-12 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Heat were very happy with guard Dwyane Wade\u2019s performance Friday night after missing six games with a sprained ankle, as he scored 28 points and dished out four assists in 33 minutes.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a nice welcome back for that young kid, number three,\u201d commented Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra.\u00a0 Miami is 37-47 all-time versus Chicago in the overall series, including a 23-19 mark in games played in South Beach.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 9-2 ATS mark at home versus winning road teams, while the Bulls are 3-7 ATS versus winning teams.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat Sunday, 1\/29\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 193.5 Current Total:\u00a0 189 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago won all three regular-season games with the Miami Heat by a combined eight points during the 2010-11 campaign, but dropped the Eastern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[174,521,2896,3622,66,707],"class_list":["post-21355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-derrick-rose","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21355","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=21355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21356,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21355\/revisions\/21356"}],"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=21355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}