{"id":28428,"date":"2013-03-30T19:47:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T00:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28428"},"modified":"2013-03-30T19:47:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T00:47:53","slug":"nba-expert-picks-miami-heat-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-expert-picks-miami-heat-vs-san-antonio-spurs-28428\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Expert Picks: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs
\nSunday, 3\/31\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 197.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 198
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nuggets
The San Antonio Spurs are 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 games as a home favorite of three points or less<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has won 28 of its last 29 games overall, including a 108-89 victory over the New Orleans Hornets as 7.5-point road favorites last Friday night, while going OVER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Heat own a two-game advantage over the Spurs for the best overall record in the NBA entering this particular matchup, but they know it will be hard to pick up a victory at the AT&T Center Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s always good to play the best, to play against the best,\u201d commented Heat forward LeBron James.\u00a0 Miami is 3-0 SUATS as underdogs this season, with the UNDER going 2-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 25-12 overall on the road this season, including a 10-4 mark versus Western Conference opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread.\u00a0 Miami has won three consecutive games against San Antonio, but happen to be 2-22 in games played in the Lone Star State in this series during the regular season.\u00a0 The franchise is an NBA-best 21-1 since the All-Star break, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

San Antonio has won six of its last seven games, including a 104-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers as four-point home favorites last Friday, while going OVER the total of 198.\u00a0 The Spurs were led by the play of veteran forward Tim Duncan, who finished with 34 points and 11 rebounds, while he\u2019s tallied a team-high 31 double-doubles on the season.\u00a0 San Antonio is 7-3-1 ATS as a home favorite of three points or less the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 8-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Spurs rank fourth in the league in scoring 104.3 points per game, while they sit second in shooting 48.6 percent from the floor.\u00a0 San Antonio has used 13 different starters this season, as the group helped to extend the squad\u2019s NBA record of 50-or-more wins to 14 consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Spurs due to their 34-16-2 ATS mark versus Eastern Conference foes, while the Heat are 13-13 ATS on the road when the total is between 195 and 199.5 the last two-plus seasons.<\/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 San Antonio Spurs Sunday, 3\/31\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 197.5 Current Total:\u00a0 198 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has won 28 of its last 29 games overall, including a 108-89 victory over the New Orleans Hornets as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3622,66,707,18,141,3350,3693],"class_list":["post-28428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tim-duncan","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28428","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=28428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28429,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28428\/revisions\/28429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}