{"id":33308,"date":"2014-03-06T11:21:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T16:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33308"},"modified":"2014-03-06T11:21:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T16:21:40","slug":"nba-predictions-miami-heat-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-miami-heat-vs-san-antonio-spurs-33308\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs
\nThursday, 3\/6\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 207
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 209
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The home team is 5-2 ATS in the last seven meetings in this series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami had its eight-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it dropped a 106-103 decision to the Houston Rockets as two-point road underdogs, while going OVER the betting total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Heat have three of five probable starters averaging in double figures, with forward LeBron James leading the way at 27.4 points a contest.\u00a0 The team is 19-11 SU on the road this season, including a 9-3 mark versus Western Conference opponents, which is important to consider when making your NBA predictions.\u00a0 Miami is 3-5 SUATS as road underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Heat have won five-straight regular season games against the Spurs, including a 113-101 home win on Jan. 26, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Miami needs a much stronger performance from James than what he provided Tuesday as he scored just 22 points after a career-best 61-point performance the day before against Charlotte.<\/p>\n

San Antonio has won four games in a row, including a 122-101 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers as 7.5-point road favorites last time out, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Spurs have three of five probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Tony Parker leading the way in scoring 17.6 points a contest.\u00a0 The franchise is 21-8 SU at the AT&T Center, including a 9-3 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 San Antonio is 7-2 SU and 6-2-1 ATS as home favorites of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are one of only four teams to be ranked in the top-10 in offensive and defensive efficiency, while it ranks second in assists and field goal percentage.\u00a0 San Antonio has compiled a 26-1 SU record when out-rebounding its opponent this season, as it ranks 11th in the NBA in allowing opponents to grab just 42.1 boards per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Spurs due to the home team being 5-2 ATS in the last seven meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs Thursday, 3\/6\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 207 Current Total:\u00a0 209 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami had its eight-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it dropped a 106-103 decision to the Houston Rockets as two-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3622,66,707,18,141,1029,3693],"class_list":["post-33308","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-tony-parker","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33308","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=33308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33310,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33308\/revisions\/33310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}