{"id":21732,"date":"2012-02-19T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21732"},"modified":"2012-02-19T10:32:32","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T15:32:32","slug":"magic-vs-heat-dwight-howard-and-lebron-james-face-off-in-south-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/magic-vs-heat-dwight-howard-and-lebron-james-face-off-in-south-beach-21732\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic vs. Heat: Dwight Howard and LeBron James Face Off in South Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at Miami Heat
\nSunday, 2\/19\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade get ready to face Orlando Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard Sunday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orlando has won four consecutive games and will be looking to win its third-straight game in this particular series.\u00a0 The Magic tallied an impressive 102-89 victory over the Miami Heat as 3.5-point home underdogs on Feb. 8.\u00a0 All-Star center Dwight Howard is also coming off one of his best games of the 2011-12 campaign, scoring 26 points and grabbing 20 rebounds in a 94-85 win over the Milwaukee Bucks as 7.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 Orlando is 9-4 ATS on the road and the \u201cunder\u201d is 7-6 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Magic enter Sunday\u2019s action with a solid 8-5 mark on the road, which includes a 5-3 record versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 During its four-plus seasons under current head coach Stan Van Gundy, the franchise has garnered a solid 110-67 mark away from the Amway Center. Howard is averaging 20.3 points and 15.3 rebounds on the season, scoring in double figures 29 times.\u00a0 Orlando is 43-45 all-time against Miami, including an 18-25 record on the road.<\/p>\n

Miami is arguably playing its best basketball of the season in winning and covering its last five games, which includes a dominating 111-87 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers as 9.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 \u201cI think this is the best we\u2019ve been playing all year,\u201d commented Heat guard Dwyane Wade.\u00a0 He has scored 20-plus points in a season-high nine consecutive games, while shooting 50 percent or better from the field in seven straight contests.\u00a0 Miami is 0-4 ATS as a home favorite of 9.5 to 12 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 12-2 at home this season, which includes a 9-2 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Miami\u2019s offense has managed to score at least 100 points in each of the last five games, while doing so in 19 of 31 games overall this season.\u00a0 A victory in this high-profile matchup would give the squad a 25-7 record, tying its best 32-game start in franchise history.\u00a0 Miami has won five consecutive games by 10-plus points, which ties the third longest streak in club history.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Magic due to their 7-0 ATS mark on the road against winning home teams, while the Heat are 5-12 ATS at home when returning from a road trip of seven or more days.<\/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":"

Orlando Magic at Miami Heat Sunday, 2\/19\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 194 Current Total:\u00a0 191.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Orlando has won four consecutive games and will be looking to win its third-straight game in this particular series.\u00a0 The Magic tallied an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[833,2896,3622,66,707,18,659],"class_list":["post-21732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dwight-howard","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21732","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=21732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21734,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21732\/revisions\/21734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}