{"id":23291,"date":"2012-06-07T07:49:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T12:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=23291"},"modified":"2012-06-07T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:12:15","slug":"miami-heat-vs-boston-celtics-game-6-nba-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/miami-heat-vs-boston-celtics-game-6-nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-23291\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics: Game 6, NBA Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Boston Celtics
\nThursday, 6\/7\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 180
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 178.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Coach Erik Spoelstra is starting to feel the Heat of the 2012 NBA playoffs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has been pushed to the brink of elimination after dropping three consecutive games in the Eastern Conference final, including a 94-90 setback as 7.5-point home favorites in Game 5 on Tuesday night.\u00a0 \u201cIf you\u2019re a competitor, you live for this,\u201d commented Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.\u00a0 The Heat must find a way to contain Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, as they\u2019ve been using many different combinations to try and fulfill the task.\u00a0 Miami is 5-5 ATS as a road favorite of three or fewer points this season.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 10-6 overall during the 2012 NBA playoffs, but have gone just 3-4 on the road, dropping both games at the TD Garden in this best-of-seven series.\u00a0 LeBron James and Dwyane Wade figure to be the key players in this contest, averaging 29.9 and 23.3 points per game respectively in the postseason.\u00a0 Power forward Chris Bosh is also expected to play more minutes in his second game back from an abdominal injury, scoring nine points and grabbing seven rebounds in just over 14 minutes of action.<\/p>\n

Boston has shrugged off the critics that have voiced that the roster is too old to make another run in the playoffs, as the franchise needs just one more win to move onto the 2012 NBA Finals and take on the Oklahoma City Thunder.\u00a0 The Celtics came back from a 13-point early deficit in the latest game in this series, something that coach Doc Rivers deserves a lot of credit for.\u00a0 \u201cWe just told our guys, hang in there,\u201d stated Rivers after the game.\u00a0 \u201cThe longer we\u2019re in the game, the better we\u2019ll play.\u201d\u00a0 Boston is 20-15 ATS as an underdog this season, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 21-14 in that situation.<\/p>\n

All five of the projected starters for this game are averaging double figures in the postseason, with center Kevin Garnett leading the way, scoring 19.9 points and grabbing 10.8 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Rondo is still the key to victory, averaging 16.8 points and 11.9 assists per game.\u00a0 Boston certainly has the experience to close the book on this series and advance, but must receive some solid minutes from Mickael Pietrus off the bench, especially when he\u2019s matched up with James on the defensive end.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Celtics due to their 16-5-2 ATS mark as a home underdog, while the Heat are 3-7 ATS on the road.<\/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 Boston Celtics Thursday, 6\/7\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 180 Current Total:\u00a0 178.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has been pushed to the brink of elimination after dropping three consecutive games in the Eastern Conference final, including a 94-90 setback […]<\/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":[6680,120,2896,6757,764,66,707,197,3917],"class_list":["post-23291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-2012-nba-playoffs","tag-boston-celtics","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-eastern-conference-final","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-rajon-rondo","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291","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=23291"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23298,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291\/revisions\/23298"}],"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=23291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}