{"id":27270,"date":"2013-01-14T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T15:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27270"},"modified":"2013-01-14T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T15:52:55","slug":"pro-basketball-predictions-miami-heat-vs-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-predictions-miami-heat-vs-utah-jazz-27270\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Predictions: Miami Heat vs. Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Utah Jazz
\nMonday, 1\/14\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 196
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 197
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LeBron James has put up incredible numbers against the Utah Jazz in his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami snapped a two-game losing streak in picking up an impressive 128-99 victory over the Sacramento Kings as 7.5-point road favorites Saturday, while going OVER the total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 The Heat were led by guard Mario Chalmers\u2019 34 points, while Chris Bosh, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 47.\u00a0 The Heat are 8-8 on the road this season, including a 5-3 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Miami is 0-3 ATS as road favorites of three or less points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Monday.<\/p>\n

The Heat tallied a 105-89 win over the Jazz as 7.5-point home favorites in the first meeting this year on Dec. 22, while going UNDER the posted total of 199.\u00a0 Miami is 14-1 this season when shooting at least 50 percent from the field, including 32-1 dating back to the 2011-12 campaign, which is certainly possible to achieve against an opponent that allows teams to shoot 45.8 percent on the season.\u00a0 James has averaged 30.4 points per game against the Jazz in his career\u2014his highest average against any opponent.<\/p>\n

Utah has alternated wins and losses over its last three games, as it returns home off a 90-87 win over the Detroit Pistons as 2.5-point underdogs, while going UNDER the posted total of 192.5.\u00a0 \u201cThis was great, but there\u2019s still a bitter taste because we know we should be going home with a 3-0 road trip,\u201d stated Jazz center Al Jefferson.\u00a0 The Jazz have compiled an incredible 39-7 home record against Eastern Conference in their last 46 opportunities.\u00a0 Utah is 2-0 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less this season.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 11-4 overall at EnergySolutions Arena this season, while posting a 10-5 ATS record in that situation.\u00a0 Utah is 30-21 all-time against Miami, including an 18-8 mark when playing in front of its fans in Salt Lake City.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that the franchise has dropped 13 of its last 17 games in this series.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 6-2 ATS mark in Utah, while the Jazz are 2-6 ATS versus winning teams.<\/p>\n

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Miami Heat at Utah Jazz Monday, 1\/14\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 196 Current Total:\u00a0 197 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami snapped a two-game losing streak in picking up an impressive 128-99 victory over the Sacramento Kings as 7.5-point road favorites Saturday, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[676,3622,3652,66,707,838,3693],"class_list":["post-27270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-jefferson","tag-eastern-conference","tag-energysolutions-arena","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27270","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=27270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27271,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27270\/revisions\/27271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}