NBA Betting – Friday Picks – Philadelphia 76ers vs Miami Heat
Before nba betting fans turn their attention to more basketball betting events this week, we have some more good Tuesday Night NBA matchups on tap, and our man Lawrence weighs in with his picks for tonight. It’s time for our weekly hoops picks for NBA gambling action.
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76ers vs. HEAT
Time: Friday 7:30 P.M. EST
Venue: American Airlines Arena, Miami
Spread: Heat -7.5
Over/Under: 195.5
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The pressure is off the Heat.
Finally.
The team we love to hate can breathe a little easier and start playing the type of games they like – against teams going nowhere and with D-League talent. The remaining 11 games of the regular season includes walkovers against the likes of Milwaukee, Washington, Cleveland, New Jersey and Toronto. There is a home game against Boston later on, and perhaps tonight’s game at home against Philadelphia.
Miami is pretty much locked into the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, its status behind Chicago and Boston the result of consistently coming up short in games against talented teams. The Heat can bully weaker kids on the schoolyard, but when the big boys are in town, they’ve turtled. And there’s nothing they do about it until at least the second round of the playoffs, when they’ll probably be facing the Celtics or Bulls, with any Game 7 being on the road.
In the meantime, LeBron and Dwyane will expend only as much energy as needed. In Detroit on Wednesday, Miami coasted through three periods and turned the temperature up only in the fourth period, outscoring the Pistons 27-13 in the final 12 minutes and hanging on for a 6-point win. Expect that a lot down the stretch.
NBA Trends:
Over is 11-4 in PHI last 15 road games.
MIA are 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games overall.
MIA are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 home games.
Under is 11-4-1 in the last 16 meetings.
Home team is 16-7 ATS in the last 23 meetings.
BEST BET: Why is there even voting for the coach of the year award this season? Just dispense with it and give it to Doug Collins, whose 76ers are probably going to finish over .500 after losing 55 games last season. With the possible exception of Rick Adelman in Houston, no coach has gotten more out of his players than Collins has this season.
The Sixers play 7 of the final 10 at home, and the schedule doesn’t appear too daunting. So a 6 seed in the East is easily doable, and tonight’s game may be a playoff preview.
The line looks heavy, Miami is an unreliable cover and the 76ers are 43-27-1 against the number this season.
Take the 7.5.
Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling expert from Massachusetts.
