{"id":27765,"date":"2013-02-14T11:08:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27765"},"modified":"2013-02-14T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:08:34","slug":"nba-picks-miami-heat-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-miami-heat-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-2-27765\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Oklahoma City Thunder
\nThursday, 2\/14\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 206
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 204.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Heat are 2-0 SUATS as underdogs this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has won six games in a row, including a 117-104 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers as 11-point home favorites Tuesday night, while going OVER the total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Heat will face a major test in this affair, especially since they captured the first meeting on Christmas Day.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to play with high intensity,\u201d stated Heat forward LeBron James.\u00a0 \u201cEspecially being in their gym.\u201d\u00a0 He has scored 30-plus points in six-straight games, which is a new franchise record.\u00a0 Miami is 2-0 SUATS as underdogs this season, with both games going UNDER the posted total.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 12-11 overall away from AmericanAirlines Arena, including a 7-4 mark versus Western Conference opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines Thursday night.\u00a0 Miami is averaging 103.1 points per game on the season, while surrendering 96.7.\u00a0 A key to the team\u2019s success is creating turnovers and scoring on the other end, as it has averaged 22.2 points in that situation over the last 15 games.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City had its four-game win streak snapped in a 109-94 defeat to the Utah Jazz as 5.5-point road favorites Tuesday night, as the roster was clearly looking ahead to this NBA Finals rematch of a year ago.\u00a0 The Thunder are 23-3 overall at Chesapeake Energy Arena, including a 6-2 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 The team has won seven consecutive home games, while it has compiled an 11-1 record in games following a loss this season.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 13-7 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Thunder are second in the NBA in averaging 106.2 points per game on 48.2 percent shooting, while they\u2019ve managed to limit foes to 43 percent from the field during the 2012-13 regular season.\u00a0 Through 52 games, Oklahoma City is currently the second best 3-point shooting team in basketball, with Kevin Martin and Kevin Durant ranking eighth and 11th respectively in shooting percentage in that category.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 5-0 ATS mark in the last five meetings in this series, while the Thunder are 2-7 ATS versus Southwest Division opponents.<\/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 Oklahoma City Thunder Thursday, 2\/14\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 206 Current Total:\u00a0 204.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has won six games in a row, including a 117-104 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers as 11-point home […]<\/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":[1193,66,707,18,399],"class_list":["post-27765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-kevin-durant","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27765","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=27765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27766,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27765\/revisions\/27766"}],"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=27765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}