{"id":21422,"date":"2012-02-01T14:24:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T19:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21422"},"modified":"2012-02-01T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T19:24:51","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-miami-heat-vs-milwaukee-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-miami-heat-vs-milwaukee-bucks-21422\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Miami Heat vs. Milwaukee Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks
\nWednesday, 2\/1\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 196
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Milwaukee Bucks have scored 100-plus points in four consecutive games entering Wednesday night's contest against the Miami Heat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami heads out on a two-game Eastern Conference road trip Wednesday night and will\u00a0 be looking to gain revenge from a 91-82 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in the first meeting this year as nine-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Heat have won five-straight games since that defeat on Jan. 22, including a dominating 109-95 victory over the New Orleans Hornets to close out a three-game homestand.\u00a0 There\u2019s no question that the team will try and take care of the basketball, posting an 1-0 record when committing 15 turnovers or fewer.\u00a0 \u201cI think we\u2019re going a much better job of taking care of the basketball,\u201d commented Heat forward Chris Bosh.\u00a0 Miami is 3-6 ATS on the road this year and the \u201cover\u201d is 6-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Heat have been led by star forward LeBron James the past four games, as he\u2019s averaged 29 points and 7.5 rebounds over that span.\u00a0 He ranks second in the NBA in scoring and third in field-goal percentage.\u00a0 Miami\u2019s defense has been tremendous recently, holding nine consecutive opponents to under 100 points.\u00a0 It will need to bring that same type of intensity into the Bradley Center in tonight\u2019s contest, with Milwaukee going over the century mark in four straight games.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee has won the last two meetings in this series and will not be intimidated by Miami in any way, even without the services of star center Andrew Bogut, who is out with an ankle injury.\u00a0 The Bucks have won five of their last seven games and the locker room is happy with its recent play.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re just rolling right now,\u201d stated Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings.\u00a0 He has been tremendous over the past eight games, averaging 23.5 points in that span.\u00a0 Milwaukee is 5-3 ATS at home this season and the \u201cover\u201d is 6-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are the only team in the league that has won two regular-season games against the Heat in the last 11 months.\u00a0 Milwaukee will need a big game from Drew Gooden in order to win its third straight game in this series, as he\u2019s averaged 20.7 points and 9.3 rebounds in three games since replacing Bogut in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bucks due to their 24-9-1 ATS mark when playing on one days rest, while the Heat are 0-4 ATS as a road favorite.<\/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":"

Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday, 2\/1\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 194.5 Current Total:\u00a0 196 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami heads out on a two-game Eastern Conference road trip Wednesday night and will\u00a0 be looking to gain revenge from a 91-82 loss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4549,274,66,707,663,18],"class_list":["post-21422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-bradley-center","tag-brandon-jennings","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21422","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=21422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21423,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21422\/revisions\/21423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}