{"id":22206,"date":"2012-03-13T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T17:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22206"},"modified":"2012-03-13T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T17:33:10","slug":"dwight-howard-orlando-magic-vs-miami-heat-inside-the-amway-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/dwight-howard-orlando-magic-vs-miami-heat-inside-the-amway-center-22206\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard: Orlando Magic vs. Miami Heat Inside the Amway Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Orlando Magic
\nTuesday, 3\/13\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBA TV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Orlando Magic are 15-7-1 ATS in their last 23 meetings with the Miami Heat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami opens up a three-game road trip on Tuesday night in taking on the Orlando Magic and comes off a 93-91 win over the Indiana Pacers as 9.5-point home favorites on Saturday.\u00a0 The Heat have won three games in a row and 12 of their last 14, as they seek to capture the third meeting in the 2011-12 series between these two Eastern Conference rivals.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that Miami dropped a 102-89 decision in its first trip to Orlando this season as 3.5-point favorites on Feb. 8.\u00a0 Miami is 4-3 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 6 points and the \u201cover\u201d is 5-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 13-7 on the road this season, including a 10-2 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Miami is 46-43 all-time against Orlando, including a 20-25 mark when playing away from South Beach.\u00a0 A win tonight would give the team a 32-9 overall record, marking the best 41-game start in franchise history.\u00a0 Bettors will find that 11 of the team\u2019s last 13 wins have come by a double-digit margin.<\/p>\n

Orlando has won four of its last five games and will look to complete a perfect two game homestand in this affair.\u00a0 The Magic are led by the play of All-Star center Dwight Howard, who is averaging a team-high 21.1 points and league-best 15.0 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He must maintain his focus in this high-profile matchup, as trade rumors continue to swirl around the franchise due to Howard being in the last year of his current contract.\u00a0 Orlando is 6-4 ATS as an underdog this year and the \u201cunder\u201d is 5-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Magic are 14-7 inside the Amway Center this season and have registered an impressive 134-51 mark in front of their home fans during four-plus years under head coach Stan Van Gundy.\u00a0 Orlando is averaging just 94.2 points per game this season, which is drastically down from the 99.2 points it scored during the 2010-11 campaign.\u00a0 Offensively, the team still relies heavily on the 3-point shot, ranking fourth in the league in shooting 38.8 percent from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Magic due to their 7-2-1 ATS mark as a home underdog, while the Heat are 7-17 ATS when playing on two days rest.<\/p>\n

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Miami Heat at Orlando Magic Tuesday, 3\/13\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBA TV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 189.5 Current Total:\u00a0 189.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami opens up a three-game road trip on Tuesday night in taking on the Orlando Magic and comes off a 93-91 win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3648,833,3622,707,18,659],"class_list":["post-22206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amway-center","tag-dwight-howard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22206","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=22206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22207,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22206\/revisions\/22207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}