{"id":27516,"date":"2013-01-27T11:53:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T16:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27516"},"modified":"2013-01-27T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T16:53:37","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-miami-heat-vs-boston-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-miami-heat-vs-boston-celtics-27516\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Boston Celtics
\nSunday, 1\/27\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 188
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 187.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heat
LeBron James has been on fire over his last six games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami enters this Eastern Conference affair on a four-game win streak, which includes a dominating 110-88 victory over the Detroit Pistons as 9.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the total in two consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Heat are led on the offensive end by forward LeBron James, who is averaging 26.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game, while knocking down 62.2 percent of his shots over the last six games.\u00a0 Miami is 3-5 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 6 points this season, which must be considered when making your pro basketball picks Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 10-9 overall on the road, including a 3-5 mark versus conference opponents.\u00a0 Miami earned a 120-107 victory in its first meeting with Boston this year as 6.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the posted total of 187.5.\u00a0 The franchise has scored at least 20 points off turnovers in five of its last six games, averaging 23.0 points over that span.\u00a0 James has teamed up with Dwyane Wade to combine for 184 points over their last three games.<\/p>\n

Boston has lost six games in a row, including a 123-111 overtime setback to the Atlanta Hawks as 5.5-point road underdogs Friday night, while going OVER the total for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 The Celtics have three probable starters averaging at least 10 points per game, with forward Paul Pierce leading the way at 18.8.\u00a0 The team is 13-9 overall at the TD Garden, which includes an even 6-6 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Boston is 9-12 ATS at home this season, with the UNDER going 11-10 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Celtics are going to receive some support when people end up making their NBA picks against the spread, considering they\u2019ve won and covered the spread in their last two opportunities when receiving 3.5 to 6 points at this venue.\u00a0 Boston will definitely have to try and contain James and Wade, considering the Heat duo combined to score 55 points in the first meeting.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, with the OVER going 6-1 in the last seven meetings in this series.<\/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 Sunday, 1\/27\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 188 Current Total:\u00a0 187.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami enters this Eastern Conference affair on a four-game win streak, which includes a dominating 110-88 victory over the Detroit Pistons as 9.5-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,2896,3622,66,707,18,846,3917],"class_list":["post-27516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-paul-pierce","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27516","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=27516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27517,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27516\/revisions\/27517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}