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Philadelphia 76ers vs. Miami Heat NBA Lines & Free Pick

NBA Handicapping Predictions – 76ers vs Heat

The 76ers are on good ground to make the post-season, but while they are coming off a win they continue to fall in the standings being 4-6 in their last 10 games.

Venue/ Stadium: American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
Time/Date: 7:30 PM EST Tuesday, April 3, 2012
NCAA Odds From: Bovada
Moneyline: OFF
Spread (ATS): Heat -9
Over/Under: 184

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The Heat are also not playing their best ball, especially getting crushed in their last game, and they have some work to do to catch the Bulls, who are in the top spot in the East over Miami by 3 games. NBA lines have the Heat as big 9-point home favorites with a total of 184.

In their last games the 76ers beat the Atlanta Hawks 95-90 and the Heat were embarrassed losing to the Boston Celtics 91-72.

This season the 76ers are 26-25-1 ATS with an O/U record of 21-31 and the Heat are 25-26 ATS with an O/U record of 22-27-1.

The Heat got killed at Boston on Sunday, but their next 5 games are ah home where they are 21-2 this season. On top of that they have won 15 straight home games and 11 straight overall facing the 76ers.

The reason the Heat have, somewhat, struggled after the All Star break is that LeBron and Dwyane Wade have been settling for jumpers and have not been attacking the rim. In the loss to Boston the Heat only made 3 of their 16 3-pointers. They need to be aggressive tonight facing a 76ers’ team that has the best defense in the league in terms of opponents’ points allowed.

The 76ers have lost 3 games to the Heat this season and 2 of those games were blowouts. [soliloquy id=”82219″]

Philly will need good games from Elton Brand and Andre Iguodala, who combined for 43 points in the win over the Hawks.

The 76ers are not a high scoring team ranking 22nd in the league in ppg and they need to play good defense in order to leave South Beach with a win.

Philadelphia has lost 9 of their last 14 games on the road and overall away from the City of Brotherly Love they are 10-13.

In some betting trends for this Eastern Conference match up 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as a road underdog, and they have an Under record of 8-3 in their last 11 games.

The Heat are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record, 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games as a favorite of 5.0-10.5, and they have an Under record of 13-3 in their last 16 home games.

Jason’s Pick: The Heat will win this game, but the 76ers will keep it close with a low scoring defensive affair and they will cover the big 9-point spread.

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