{"id":27726,"date":"2013-02-11T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27726"},"modified":"2013-02-11T22:00:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T03:00:18","slug":"nba-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-miami-heat-27726\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Miami Heat
\nTuesday, 2\/12\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -11.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 201
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 200
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heat
The Miami Heat have won five games in a row entering Tuesday’s contest against the Portland Trail Blazers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portland has lost three games in a row, including a 110-104 setback to the Orlando Magic as three-point road favorites Sunday, while going OVER the total for a fifth consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cIt is not like we can\u2019t win the next two games and finish this trip .500,\u201d commented Trail Blazers rookie point guard Damian Lillard.\u00a0 Problem is, he may be wearing down heading into the NBA All-Star break, after being limited to a season-low four points last time out.\u00a0 Portland is 4-2 ATS as road underdogs of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 4-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers have won four consecutive games over the Heat in Miami, but they haven\u2019t traveled to the area in nearly two years.\u00a0 Five of the last six meetings in this series have been decided by nine or fewer points, which could make the underdog an attractive wager when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Defensively, the squad has allowed an average of 111.0 points in losing three straight.<\/p>\n

Miami is arguably playing its best basketball of the 2012-13 pro basketball season, as it has captured five consecutive wins, including a 107-97 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers as nine-point home favorites Sunday.\u00a0 The Heat have been led by the play of forward LeBron James, who has shot 71.4 percent over his last five games.\u00a0 \u201cI go out and just play my game,\u201d stated James Monday.\u00a0 The franchise is 22-3 overall at AmericanAirlines Arena, including an 11-1 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 \u00a0 Miami is 2-4 ATS as home favorites of 9.5 to 12 points, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA expert picks Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 10-2 in their last 12 games, including a perfect 7-0 in front of their home fans during that stretch.\u00a0 James combined with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade to score 74 points versus the Lakers, which marked the 64th time they have posted at least 70 points in a single game together.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Blazers due to the Heat failing to cover the spread in three consecutive games since the calendar turned to 2013.<\/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":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Miami Heat Tuesday, 2\/12\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -11.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 201 Current Total:\u00a0 200 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Portland has lost three games in a row, including a 110-104 setback to the Orlando Magic as three-point road favorites Sunday, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6360,3622,66,707,18,830,3693],"class_list":["post-27726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-americanairlines-arena","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27726","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=27726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27731,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27726\/revisions\/27731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}