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Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Free Pick + Gambling Preview

NBA Basketball Matchup: Heat vs Thunder

The Miami Heat are playing well right now and head into this mid-season epic on a 4 game winning streak.  

Miami Heat (35-11) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (36-12)
Sunday March 25
Chesapeake Arena – Oklahoma City, OK
8:00PM
Moneyline:  No money line currently listed
Spread:  Oklahoma City -1
O/U:  201

Matchup | Preview

Miami

After the college kids have gone to bed be sure to turn into this game featuring, if not the two best teams, the top collection of individual talents.

These teams split last year with each winning on the other’s home court.  I think Miami is probably better this year, but so is OKC.  Let’s get ready for the fireworks.

It seems that whenever the stage is largest we are talking about how LeBron shies away.

This year he is having another superlative season leading the Heat in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals.  On this team it is probably good that he defers in crunch time because Dwayne Wade is one of the better clutch players in the league.

This is a possible Finals matchup that should produce everyone’s A game, even on a Sunday night.

Oklahoma City

The Western Conference playoff race is getting super bunchy at the bottom but at the top the Oklahoma City Thunder still have a solid 3.5 game lead over the Spurs. [soliloquy id=”82219″]

They have won three of four including an epic overtime game Friday night against Minnesota in which they scored 149 points.

This is the second best scoring team in the league, Miami is third so playing the over and enjoying the action might be the way to go.

In their overtime thriller against the Timberwolves both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook scored more than 40 points.

Even though they had Saturday off they might be a little spent after playing more than 50 minutes a piece.  They have younger legs than James/Wade so hopefully they can put on a show for the national television audience.

Beware the Beard too, James Harden chipped in 25 last time out and is growing more as a player all the time.

Spread Pick:  Oklahoma City -1
O/U Pick:  Over
Score Prediction:  Oklahoma City 106 – Miami 99

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