{"id":22403,"date":"2012-03-20T11:23:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T16:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22403"},"modified":"2012-03-20T11:23:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T16:23:17","slug":"nba-picks-phoenix-suns-vs-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-phoenix-suns-vs-miami-heat-22403\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Phoenix Suns vs. Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Miami Heat
\nTuesday, 3\/20\/12, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -11.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 198
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 198.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade has elevated his play offensively in recent games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phoenix is enjoying a four-game win streak that includes a 99-86 win over the Houston Rockets as 5.5-point home favorites on Sunday.\u00a0 The Suns have definitely benefited from playing eight of their last 10 games at home, but will now head out on a four-game road trip starting tonight.\u00a0 \u201cThe chemistry is coming together,\u201d stated Suns head coach Alvin Gentry.\u00a0 \u201cGuys are feeling pretty comfortable in their roles.\u201d\u00a0 The team is 8-12 on the road this year, including a 4-1 mark versus Eastern Conference squads.\u00a0 Phoenix is 2-3 ATS as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points and the \u201cunder\u201d is 3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Suns will be facing the new-look Miami Heat for the third time since they added Chris Bosh and LeBron James.\u00a0 Phoenix dropped both of those games, including a 123-96 loss as 8.5-point road underdogs on Nov. 17, 2010.\u00a0 The team is 9-2 since the All-Star break, with only the Chicago Bulls owning a better record (10-2) over that span.\u00a0 Seven of the nine wins since the break have come against teams who entered the night with a better record.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note that seven of the nine victories came in games in which the squad trailed by 10 or more points at some point.<\/p>\n

Miami has really gotten after it on the defensive end in winning the past two games, allowing just 169 combined points against the Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic.\u00a0 The Heat are 19-2 at home overall and have captured 13 consecutive wins inside AmericaAirlines Arena.\u00a0 The team is surrendering just 88.6 points during its recent win streak in front of the home fans, while the \u201cunder\u201d has gone 6-3-1 in its last 10 games overall.\u00a0 Miami is 2-5 ATS as a home favorite of 9.5 to 12 points and the \u201cunder\u201d is 6-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Heat will look to get the ball to Bosh inside the paint, as he combined to score 58 points versus the Suns last year.\u00a0 Miami has registered an impressive 15-2 record when he scores 20 or more points.\u00a0 Shooting guard Dwyane Wade has really upped his offensive performance recently, including a 31-point performance in the team\u2019s 91-81 win over the Orlando Magic as 8.5-point home favorites.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 5-1 ATS mark as a favorite of 5.0 to 10.5 points, while the Suns are 1-4 ATS as a road underdog.<\/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":"

Phoenix Suns at Miami Heat Tuesday, 3\/20\/12, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -11.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 198 Current Total:\u00a0 198.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Phoenix is enjoying a four-game win streak that includes a 99-86 win over the Houston Rockets as 5.5-point home favorites on Sunday.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6360,692,2896,3622,66,707,18,577,3693],"class_list":["post-22403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-americanairlines-arena","tag-chris-bosh","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22403","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=22403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22405,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22403\/revisions\/22405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}