Miami vs Indiana Handicapping
The Heat regained home court advantage in this series with their Game 3 blowout win in Indiana where they almost played a perfect first half scoring 70 points.
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The Heat regained home court advantage in this series with their Game 3 blowout win in Indiana where they almost played a perfect first half scoring 70 points.
The Angels (23-27) are the hottest team in baseball, as they have won 8 straight games. They have a lot of work still to do, as they trail the Texas Rangers by 9 games in the AL West.
The 2 seasons for the New York teams could not be going any differently, as the Yankees have been great, despite their many injuries, while the Mets have the 2nd fewest wins in the National League.
The Spurs are up 3-0 in this series and after the Game 1 blowout the last 2 games have gone to overtime. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a series, but in an interesting fact the Grizzlies are the only team in NBA history to be down 0-2 in a series and win the next 4 games by double-digits.
The Pacers shocked the Heat in Miami in Game 2 with a win and now heading back to Indiana the Pacers now have home court advantage in this series. LeBron James had 2 late turnovers that killed the Heat in Game 2 and Miami did not play good D in the game allowing the Pacers to shoot 50% from the floor.
There was a lot of 2nd guessing after the Pacers Game 1 loss on the last play of the game when LeBron James had, pretty much, a non contested layup to win in OT.
The Pacers and Heat meet in the playoffs for the second straight season and last season Miami prevailed in 6 games. The Heat are 3-0 in conference finals appearances since the Big 3 joined the team.
The Pirates have been playing well for the last couple weeks, as they are 8-2 in their last 10 games and have won 2 straight. The Cubs have lost 2 straight and are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
The Spurs have a 1-0 lead in this Western Conference semifinals series after thrashing the Grizzlies in Game 1. This season Memphis had the best defense in the league in terms of opponents’ points allowed, but in the Game 1 loss they gave up over 100 points and allowed the Spurs to shoot over 52% from the floor.
The Diamondbacks won yesterday’s game with the Rockies in the first game of the series and they have won 6 of their last 10 games.
The Indians are riding a 5-game win streak, which is the longest in the Majors, and with their solid play they are in first place in the AL Central 2.5 games ahead of the Tigers. MLB lines have the Tigers as the road favorite tonight with a total of 8.5 runs.
The Giants (24-20) have lost 3 straight and 6 of their last 10 games and they are now tied for 2nd place in the NL West with the Colorado Rockies 1 game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The A’s (23-22) have gotten over a tough stretch and they have won 3 straight games. However, while they are in 2nd place in the AL West they still trail the Rangers (29-15) by 6.5 games.
The Spurs crushed the Warriors in Game 5 in San Antonio and now back at Golden State they can close out this series if they win.
The Brewers (16-21) lost yesterday’s game with the Pirates (22-17) and they are reeling losing 8 of their last 10 games. The Pirates are only 5-5 in their last 10 games, but they only sit 3.5 games back of the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central.
Even with all of their injuries the Yankees (25-14) keep on winning. They beat the Mariners (18-21) yesterday facing former Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez, are 7-3 in their last 10 games, and sit all-alone in first place in the AL East 2 games up on the Baltimore Orioles.