{"id":28117,"date":"2013-03-13T13:53:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T18:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28117"},"modified":"2013-03-13T13:53:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T18:53:30","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-miami-heat-vs-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-miami-heat-vs-philadelphia-76ers-28117\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Miami Heat vs. Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76ers
\nWednesday, 3\/13\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 193
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"76ers
The Miami Heat have won 13 consecutive regular-season meetings with the Philadelphia 76ers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has won 19 games in a row, including a 98-81 victory over the Atlanta Hawks as 9.5-point home favorites Tuesday night, while going UNDER the posted total of 197.5.\u00a0 \u201cThis is an unbelievable streak that we\u2019re on,\u201d commented Heat forward LeBron James.\u00a0 The Heat have beaten the 76ers twice during the run, while they\u2019ve also captured the last 13 regular-season meetings by an average of 12.5 points.\u00a0 The team is 18-11 overall on the road this season, including a 9-7 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Miami is 4-0 SUATS as road favorites of 6.5 to 9 points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Heat are an NBA-best 12-0 since the All-Star break, while going 9-1 on the second night of a back-to-back set during the 2012-13 campaign.\u00a0 Miami\u2019s current win streak is tied for the fifth-longest in NBA history, but is still 14 games away from the all-time mark of 33 set by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1970\u2019s.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is shooting 49.5 percent from the field and 38.7 percent from beyond the arc, which are both franchise-highs in those categories.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia snapped a five-game losing streak last time out, as it captured a 106-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets as 6.5-point home underdogs Monday night, while going OVER the total of 184.5.\u00a0 \u201cThe quality of our shots have been better,\u201d commented Sixers coach Doug Collins.\u00a0 The 76ers are 18-16 at the Wells Fargo Center this season, including an 11-9 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 1-8 SU and 3-6 ATS off an upset win as an underdog, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The 76ers have scored 100-plus points just once over the past 17 meetings with the Heat, as they\u2019ve averaged just 91.5 points in two games this season against them.\u00a0 Philadelphia is led by point guard Jrue Holiday on the offensive end, averaging 18.5 points and 8.7 assists per game, but he also leads the league in committing 3.9 turnovers.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 5-2 in the 76ers\u2019 last seven home games with a number between 190 and 194.5<\/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 Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday, 3\/13\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 194.5 Current Total:\u00a0 193 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has won 19 games in a row, including a 98-81 victory over the Atlanta Hawks as 9.5-point home favorites Tuesday night, while […]<\/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":[3622,943,66,707,18,832],"class_list":["post-28117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-eastern-conference","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia-76ers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117","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=28117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28118,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117\/revisions\/28118"}],"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=28117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}