{"id":23367,"date":"2012-06-13T19:16:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T00:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=23367"},"modified":"2012-06-13T19:17:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T00:17:31","slug":"nba-finals-2012-miami-heat-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-game-2-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-finals-2012-miami-heat-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-game-2-odds-23367\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Finals 2012: Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, Game 2 Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Oklahoma City Thunder
\nThursday, 6\/14\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 196
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 196.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
LeBron James and Kevin Durant both scored over 30 points in Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami was unable to hold onto a 13-point lead in Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals, ultimately dropping a 105-94 decision as five-point road underdogs to the Oklahoma City Thunder.\u00a0 \u201cWe were thinking we were putting ourselves in a position to win, and then they just went away,\u201d commented Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.\u00a0 The Heat were led offensively by LeBron James, who scored 30 points on Tuesday night, tying a team record of four straight games of 30-plus points during the postseason.\u00a0 Miami is 1-6 ATS as an underdog and the \u201cunder\u201d is 6-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Heat are going to need more production from the other two members of the \u201cBig Three\u201d, especially power forward Chris Bosh who continues to recover from an abdominal injury, as he scored 10 points and pulled down five rebounds in just over 33 minutes of action.\u00a0 Miami is 12-7 during the postseason, but just 4-5 on the road, which isn\u2019t far off from its even 5-5 mark away from South Beach during the playoffs a year ago.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City has reeled off five consecutive wins since facing a 2-0 series deficit to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, with the offense scoring at least 102 points in each of those contests.\u00a0 The Thunder were terrific after the break in Game 1, outscoring the Heat by a sizable 58-40 margin, as stars Kevin Durant and Russell Wesbrook combined to score 41 points over the final 24 minutes of action.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 6-3 as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points, while the \u201cover\u201d is 7-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Thunder have been known for their offense sense the 2011-12 season tipped off, finishing third in the league behind the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs in averaging 103.1 points per game.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is going to be incredibly difficult to beat inside Chesapeake Energy Arena due to how vocal the fan base is, as the franchise will put its perfect 9-0 home record on the line in the playoffs in Game 2.\u00a0 Durant scored a game-high 36 points in the series opener, while Westbrook chipped in with 27.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 2-0 ATS mark when trailing in a playoff series this year, while the Thunder are 15-16 ATS after a double-digit win.<\/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 Oklahoma City Thunder Thursday, 6\/14\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 196 Current Total:\u00a0 196.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami was unable to hold onto a 13-point lead in Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals, ultimately dropping a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6774,6680,6622,1193,66,707,399],"class_list":["post-23367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-2012-nba-finals","tag-2012-nba-playoffs","tag-chesapeake-energy-arena","tag-kevin-durant","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23367","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=23367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23371,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23367\/revisions\/23371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}