{"id":27621,"date":"2013-02-03T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27621"},"modified":"2013-02-03T10:59:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T15:59:52","slug":"nba-picks-miami-heat-vs-toronto-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-miami-heat-vs-toronto-raptors-27621\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Miami Heat vs. Toronto Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Toronto Raptors
\nSunday, 2\/3\/13, 2:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TSN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 195.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Heat are 4-7 SU on the road versus conference opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it attempts to bounce back from a 102-89 setback to the Indiana Pacers as two-point road favorites Friday night, while going OVER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to get better and play better at both ends of the court,\u201d stated Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.\u00a0 The Heat are 11-11 overall at home this season, including a 4-7 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Miami is 1-5 ATS after a loss by 10 points or more this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro basketball picks on Super Bowl Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Heat have won nine consecutive games versus the Raptors, including a 123-116 overtime victory as 10-point home favorites on Jan. 23, while going OVER the posted total of 194.5.\u00a0 Miami has scored at least 20 points off turnovers in seven of their last nine games, averaging 22.7 points over that span.\u00a0 Forward LeBron James is the player to watch on both ends of the floor, averaging 26.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game.<\/p>\n

Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak when picking up a resounding 98-73 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers as four-point home underdogs Friday, while going UNDER the total for the fourth time in five affairs.\u00a0 The Raptors were playing their first game with Rudy Gay in the lineup, who was acquired by trade from the Memphis Grizzlies.\u00a0 \u201cIt was just good to get out there and play basketball,\u201d stated Gay after his team debut.\u00a0 Toronto is 6-0 ATS as a home underdog of 3.5 to 6 points this season, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Raptors held the Clippers to season lows in points and field goal percentage last time out, as they\u2019ve gone 16-8 this season when holding opponents under 100 points.\u00a0 Toronto has been ahead entering the second quarter in eight straight games, while it holds a plus-77 advantage after the opening 12 minutes during the 2012-13 season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 5-2 in the last seven series meetings in Toronto.<\/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 Toronto Raptors Sunday, 2\/3\/13, 2:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TSN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 195.5 Current Total:\u00a0 194.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it attempts to bounce back from a 102-89 setback to the […]<\/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":[3622,66,707,18,2068,693],"class_list":["post-27621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-rudy-gay","tag-toronto-raptors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621","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=27621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27622,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621\/revisions\/27622"}],"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=27621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}