Posted
on 01/30/2008 2:45 PM
By: CappersPicks.com NBA Basketball Handicapping
Staff
NBA Basketball Betting - Miami at Orlando
BetUS: WHO:
Miami Heat (9-35 SU, 16-28 ATS) at Orlando
Magic (28-18 SU, 30-16 ATS)
WHERE: Amway Arena in Orlando, FL
WHEN: Wednesday, January 30 at 7 PM ET
BetUS NBA betting odds: ORLANDO -13.5, Total
196
In the HEAD-to-HEAD NBA basketball betting
trends:
* ORL has won and covered the last seven
meetings
* ORL has won and covered four the last
five meetings as the home team
* Four of the last six meetings in Orlando
have gone UNDER the total
* ORL has had the shooting edge in six of
the last seven meetings
* ORL has had the rebounding edge in four
of the last five meetings
* ORL has made more three-pointers in each
of the last three meetings
Orlando is +3.2 ppg on its point differential
for the season. The Magic shoots 72.2% from
the field and hits nine 3-point shots per
contests. Orlando is 11-8 SU at home. Also:
* ORL has won and covered four of its last
five games
* ORL has won and covered four of its last
five home games
* ORL has played five of its last seven
home games UNDER the total
Miami is scoring 93.4 points a game. The
Heat makes just 4.6 shots from three-point
range for every contest, and have averaged
9.4 offensive rebounds per outing. Also:
* MIA has lost 16 of its last 17 games SU
* MIA has covered one of its last nine road
games
* MIA has lost its last nine road games
SU
* MIA has played four of its last six games
UNDER the total
* MIA has played five of its last eight
road games OVER the total
The joy Miami fans had over breaking the
disastrous 15-game losing streak against
Indiana on Saturday was short-lived, as the
Heat played host to a Boston team that was
without Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen and got
trounced by a 117-87 count, shooting 36%
against the defensively-stout Celtics. They
won't be facing such a lockdown unit tonight
in Orlando, but there is no mistaking the
dominance the Magic has had over this franchise
in recent meetings.
Orlando has now won and covered seven straight
times against Miami, including a 56% shooting
performance in the 120-99 romp right here
at the Amway Arena in November.
Or course,
Shaquille O'Neal is out for a while with
fluid in his hip, but the latest discouraging
news is that the consistent, workman-like
power forward Udonis Haslem is nursing
a sprained ankle. Haslem has led the team
in rebounding and without him, the Heat
wouldn't have any real strength at all
up front. Dwyane Wade left the Boston game
with "flu-like symptoms."
Big impost to overcome here, but virtually
no positives for Miami right now, so we will
lay the team that has won and covered four
of its last five games. That's the Magic,
the 13.5-point favorite in the BetUS NBA
betting odds.
Free NBA Selections: JAY'S PLAY: ORLANDO
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