{"id":27878,"date":"2013-02-21T10:50:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T15:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27878"},"modified":"2013-02-21T10:50:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T15:50:37","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-picks-miami-heat-vs-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-picks-miami-heat-vs-chicago-bulls-27878\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Picks: Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Chicago Bulls
\nThursday, 2\/21\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 186.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 186
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Miami Heat have won a season-high eight consecutive games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has won eight games in a row, including a 103-90 victory over the Atlanta Hawks as 5.5-point road favorites last night, while going UNDER the posted total of 196.\u00a0 The Heat have averaged 107.6 points on 51.4 percent shooting over the course of their current season-high winning streak.\u00a0 Forward LeBron James is the main player to watch on the offensive end, as he\u2019s averaged 32.6 points in his last 17 trips to the Windy City.\u00a0 Miami is 0-3 ATS on the road when the total is between 185 and 189.5, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 14-11 overall on the road, including a 6-7 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Miami suffered a 96-89 setback in its first meeting with Chicago\u00a0 as 7.5-point home favorites on Jan. 4, while going UNDER the total for the fifth time in six opportunities.\u00a0 James has been playing incredible basketball during the team\u2019s streak, averaging 31.0 points on 67.2 percent shooting.<\/p>\n

Chicago hasn\u2019t won back-to-back games since Jan. 28-30, as it comes off a 96-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets as one-point road favorites Tuesday night, while going OVER the posted total of 181.5.\u00a0 \u201cSome us are still banged up, but we\u2019re playing through it,\u201d commented Bulls forward Carlos Boozer.\u00a0 He has averaged 14.8 points and 9.8 rebounds in 24 career games versus the Heat.\u00a0 The franchise is 15-12 overall at the United Center this year, including 10-5 versus conference foes.\u00a0 Chicago is 7-20 ATS in front of its home fans this year, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines.<\/p>\n

The Bulls have led the NBA in home attendance three straight seasons and continue to do so once against his year with an average of 21.736 fans per game.\u00a0 Chicago is 30-14 all-time when playing at home against Miami, including four straight victories.\u00a0 The squad is 23-10 versus conference opponents this year, which is the best mark for any team in the east against conference foes.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bulls due to their 4-1 ATS mark in the last five meetings, while the Heat are 1-7 ATS versus Central 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 Chicago Bulls Thursday, 2\/21\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 186.5 Current Total:\u00a0 186 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has won eight games in a row, including a 103-90 victory over the Atlanta Hawks as 5.5-point road favorites last night, while […]<\/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":[2067,174,3622,66,707,3674],"class_list":["post-27878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-united-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27878","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=27878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27879,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27878\/revisions\/27879"}],"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=27878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}