{"id":22591,"date":"2012-04-03T09:56:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T14:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22591"},"modified":"2012-04-03T09:56:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T14:56:20","slug":"76ers-vs-heat-miami-tries-to-extend-home-winning-streak-to-16-games-on-tuesday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/76ers-vs-heat-miami-tries-to-extend-home-winning-streak-to-16-games-on-tuesday-night-22591\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers vs. Heat: Miami Tries to Extend Home Winning Streak to 16 Games on Tuesday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers at Miami Heat
\nTuesday, 4\/3\/12, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 184
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 184
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra wasn't happy about his team's performance against the Boston Celtics last time out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia has been very inconsistent in alternating wins and losses over its last eight games, as it heads out on the road after capturing a 95-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks as seven-point home favorites on Saturday.\u00a0 The 76ers needed that victory in a big way after dropping a 97-76 affair to the Washington Wizards as eight-point road favorites the night before.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s how you respond to a loss like that,\u201d commented 76ers forward Elton Brand.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to have this win.\u201d\u00a0 He definitely let his play do the talking, scoring a season-high 25 points versus the Hawks.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 4-10 ATS as an underdog this year.<\/p>\n

The 76ers have lost 12 of their last 14 games versus the Heat, including the last 10 meetings.\u00a0 Philadelphia has managed to score 100-plus points just once in its last 14 opportunities in the series.\u00a0 In losing the first three games versus tonight\u2019s opponent during the 2011-12 campaign, the team has averaged just 83.0 points per game, while allowing 98.7 a contest.\u00a0 Sixth man Lou Williams will need to have a big night on the offensive end, as he\u2019s averaging a team-high 15.7 points versus Miami this year.<\/p>\n

Miami returns to the AmericanAirlines Arena with a bad taste in its mouth after suffering a 91-72 loss to the Boston Celtics as four-point road favorites on Sunday.\u00a0 The Heat have actually lost three of their last five games overall, while the \u201cover\u201d is 3-2 in that span.\u00a0 \u201cThis game was unacceptable,\u201d commented Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.\u00a0 \u201cWe will fix it together.\u201d\u00a0 Playing in tonight\u2019s venue will likely get the squad on the right track, as it looks to continue its 15-game home winning streak.\u00a0 Miami is 5-1 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points this year.<\/p>\n

The Heat have won by double digits in 15 of their last 19 victories overall, as they\u2019ve outscored opponents by an average of 11.0 points over the course of their current win streak.\u00a0 Miami is led offensively by star forward LeBron James, who is averaging 26.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He is coming off a 23-point performance versus the Celtics, but went without an assist for just the second time in his career.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 8-2 ATS mark as a favorite of 5.0 to 10.5 points, while the 76ers are 1-4 ATS as a road underdog.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia 76ers at Miami Heat Tuesday, 4\/3\/12, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 184 Current Total:\u00a0 184 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia has been very inconsistent in alternating wins and losses over its last eight games, as it heads out on the road after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6360,271,66,707,832],"class_list":["post-22591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-americanairlines-arena","tag-elton-brand","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-philadelphia-76ers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22591","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=22591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22592,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22591\/revisions\/22592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}