{"id":33768,"date":"2014-04-06T08:21:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T13:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33768"},"modified":"2014-04-06T08:21:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T13:21:43","slug":"nba-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-miami-heat-33768\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat
\nSunday, 4\/6\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 187
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Knicks F Carmelo Anthony has put up some solid numbers against the Miami Heat this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York had its three-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it dropped a 90-89 decision to the Washington Wizards as five-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for a fifth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Knicks have three players averaging double figures, with forward Carmelo Anthony leading the way at 27.7 points a contest, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks.\u00a0 New York is 5-7 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points, with the UNDER going 8-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are 16-22 SU on the road this season, including a 9-14 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 New York is 1-2 this season versus Miami and is now 4-3 over the last two seasons in this matchup.\u00a0 Anthony has led the way with 28.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists over the first three games against the Heat during the 2013-14 campaign.<\/p>\n

Miami had its four-game winning streak come to an end last Saturday, as it suffered a 122-121 overtime loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves as eight-point home favorites, while going OVER the betting total for the first time in seven affairs.\u00a0 The Heat are 30-7 SU at AmericanAirlines Arena, including a 19-3 mark when taking on conference rivals.\u00a0 Miami is 4-7 ATS as home favorites of 6.5 to 9 points this season, with the UNDER going 7-4 in those 11 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Heat are averaging 103.0 points per game on 50.3 percent shooting from the field, but their losing the rebounding battle by 3.5 boards per contest.\u00a0 Miami is 40-5 SU when holding opponents under the century mark, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 The franchise recorded a 10-8 record during the month of March\u2014posting at least a .500-plus winning percentage for a 27th consecutive month.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Heat due to their 5-0 ATS mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.<\/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":"

New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat Sunday, 4\/6\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 189 Current Total:\u00a0 187 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York had its three-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it dropped a 90-89 decision to the Washington Wizards as five-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[49,3622,707,18,115],"class_list":["post-33768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-eastern-conference","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33768","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=33768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33769,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33768\/revisions\/33769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}