{"id":26139,"date":"2012-11-15T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26139"},"modified":"2012-11-15T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T18:31:15","slug":"miami-heat-vs-denver-nuggets-nba-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/miami-heat-vs-denver-nuggets-nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-26139\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets: NBA Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Denver Nuggets
\nThursday, 11\/15\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 201.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 201.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Heat are struggling on the defensive end this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, but has failed to cover the spread in its last three contests, including a 107-100 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers as one-point road favorites last night.\u00a0 \u201cWe have some good moments, but we have to put a full game together on the road,\u201d stated Heat guard Dwyane Wade.\u00a0 The Heat are leading the NBA in averaging 104.9 points per game, but they\u2019ve allowed six of nine opponents to score over the century mark this year.\u00a0 Miami is 0-2 ATS off an upset loss as a favorite this year, something to consider when making your pro basketball picks on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Heat were led by forward LeBron James offensively against the Clippers, as he scored 30 points and dished out seven assists.\u00a0 He has scored at least 20 points in the first nine games this season, which is the best such span in his career.\u00a0 Miami has scored a combined 944 points in its first nine games, which is the fourth-highest point total in such a span in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Denver returns home after splitting a two-game road trip against Western Conference opponents, but suffered a 110-100 loss to the Phoenix Suns as 4.5-point road favorites last time out.\u00a0 The Nuggets have won 11 of their last 14 meetings against the Heat, while they currently own a 10-game home win streak inside the Pepsi Center in this series, which serves as the team\u2019s longest active home winning streak against an Eastern Conference opponent.\u00a0 Denver is 2-0 ATS as a home favorite this year.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets suffered a 119-116 loss to the Heat as 8.5-point road underdogs on Nov. 3, but they\u2019ve managed to cover the spread in the last five meeting in this non-conference series.\u00a0 Denver has four probable starters that are averaging double-figures in scoring, with shooting guard Andre Iguodala leading the way, while point guard Ty Lawson is averaging 7.8 assists per game.\u00a0 The franchise won eight of 10 home games last year when facing an opponent that\u2019s playing the second game of a back-to-back set.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this contest, as the UNDER is 19-6 in the Nuggets\u2019 last 25 games as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points.<\/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 Denver Nuggets Thursday, 11\/15\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 201.5 Current Total:\u00a0 201.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, but has failed to cover the spread in its last three contests, […]<\/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":[526,2896,3622,66,707,18,3637,216,3693],"class_list":["post-26139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-pepsi-center","tag-ty-lawson","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26139","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=26139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26140,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26139\/revisions\/26140"}],"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=26139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}