{"id":28551,"date":"2013-04-14T09:51:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T14:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28551"},"modified":"2013-04-14T09:51:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T14:51:22","slug":"nba-betting-preview-chicago-bulls-vs-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-preview-chicago-bulls-vs-miami-heat-28551\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Preview: Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat
\nSunday, 4\/14\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 188.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heat
The Miami Heat are 8-3 ATS when playing on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has dropped three of its last four games, including a 97-88 setback to the Toronto Raptors as 2.5-point road underdogs last Friday, while going UNDER the betting total of 188.5.\u00a0 In the Bulls\u2019 last six losses\u2013all of them have come against opponents that won\u2019t participate in the 2013 NBA playoffs, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Chicago is 22-16 ATS on the road, with the OVER going 20-19 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 20-19 overall when playing away from the United Center, including a 15-9 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Chicago ended Miami\u2019s 27-game winning streak with a 101-97 victory as 6.5-point home underdogs March 27, while going OVER the total for the first time in the last five meetings of the series.\u00a0 Over his last 13 games, power forward Carlos Boozer has 11 double-doubles and has averaged 18.6 points and 11.9 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Miami has rattled off five wins in a row, including a 109-101 victory over the Boston Celtics as 11.5-point home favorites last Friday, while going OVER the total in three of its last four affairs.\u00a0 The Heat could notch a team-record 36th home victory Sunday, but they\u2019ve already wrapped up home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.\u00a0 Forward LeBron James is the player to watch offensively, as he\u2019s average 29.3 points on 65.2 percent shooting in the season series.\u00a0 Miami is 9-2 SU and 8-3 ATS when playing on Sunday, with the UNDER going 6-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 35-4 overall at AmericanAirlines Arena, which is hard to ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread.\u00a0 The last defending NBA champion to finish with the best record in the league the following season was the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls.\u00a0 Miami has captured 38 double-digit wins this season, with 22 of those coming at home and 16 on the road.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 4-1 ATS run versus conference rivals, while the Bulls are 2-9 ATS when playing on Sunday.<\/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":"

Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat Sunday, 4\/14\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 188.5 Current Total:\u00a0 189 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has dropped three of its last four games, including a 97-88 setback to the Toronto Raptors as 2.5-point road underdogs last Friday, […]<\/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":[6360,174,3622,66,707,18],"class_list":["post-28551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-americanairlines-arena","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28551","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=28551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28552,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28551\/revisions\/28552"}],"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=28551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}