{"id":28201,"date":"2013-03-18T11:29:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T16:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28201"},"modified":"2013-03-18T11:29:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T16:29:22","slug":"nba-picks-miami-heat-vs-boston-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-miami-heat-vs-boston-celtics-28201\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at Boston Celtics
\nMonday, 3\/18\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 190
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heat
The Miami Heat have never won in Boston during the regular season with LeBron James in tow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami will put its 22-game winning streak on the line Monday night, as it comes off a 108-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors as 7.5-point road favorites Sunday, while going OVER the total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a special ride right now that we\u2019re on,\u201d commented Heat forward LeBron James.\u00a0 \u201cThe best thing about it is we\u2019re doing it together.\u201d\u00a0 The Heat are 21-11 overall when playing away from AmericanAirlines Arena, including a 12-7 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Miami is 7-6 ATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 6 points this season, with the UNDER going 9-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Heat have split their first two meetings against the Celtics this season, with both teams winning on their home floor.\u00a0 Miami\u2019s 51-14 overall record is the best start through 65 games in franchise history, while it has posted an NBA-best 15-0 mark since the All-Star break.\u00a0 Defensively, the team has held its last 10 opponents under 100 points, which happens to be a season high.<\/p>\n

Boston has won back-to-back games, including a 105-88 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats as 15-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the total in each of those contests.\u00a0 The Celtics have won all 11 of their games at the TD Garden since losing point guard Rajon Rondo, which is important to consider when making your NBA expert picks Monday night.\u00a0 \u201cWe just feel like this is a building we should never lose in,\u201d commented Celtics forward Paul Pierce.\u00a0 Boston is 19-13 ATS at home this season, with the OVER going 17-15 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Celtics have won all five regular-season meetings at home against the Heat since James arrived in South Beach, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Boston may be up against it from an injury standpoint, as center Kevin Garnett is listed as questionable with a thigh issue.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 9-1 ATS mark on the road, while the Celtics are 11-13 ATS as underdogs.<\/p>\n

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Miami Heat at Boston Celtics Monday, 3\/18\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 190 Current Total:\u00a0 189 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami will put its 22-game winning streak on the line Monday night, as it comes off a 108-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors […]<\/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":[120,3622,764,66,707,846,3917],"class_list":["post-28201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-eastern-conference","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-paul-pierce","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28201","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=28201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28202,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28201\/revisions\/28202"}],"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=28201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}