NBA betting has been a windfall for sharp bettors and that continues Monday. Of course the nation’s best handicappers have never been hotter.
Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com pick Monday is on the Hornets +11.5 against Miami.
Going against Miami in recent days has equaled suicide as LeBron, D Wade and Bosh have started to really gel and form the team that everybody thought they would be. The Heat are great and have now won eight in a row, covering their last seven. Therefore to say anything negative about Erik Spoelstra’s squad is rather silly as they should get another w today but I also do see Chris Paul and the visitors being able to do enough to cover the contest.
Miami is playing their first game back from the four game west coast swing that ended with back-to-back games in Golden State and Sacramento on Friday and Saturday night. One theory that I go by, which works a heck of a lot, is to fade any team that is back home in that first game after a three plus game road trip and that fits the Heat tonight. Then throw in how this is a tough cross country travel all the way from Sacramento down south to Miami and a third game in the last four days. You know that the flight home did not get in until Sunday morning, fairly late, and the players did not get a usual night of sleep making this almost feel like a back-to-back type of a situation. Fatigue has got to be an issue and when factored in with it being that first game back in South Beach how can I not grab this around double-digit number?
New Orleans is not great at all and the 8-0 start to the season was a semi mirage as proven by them dropping three of their last four both straight up and against that number. With that said though the Hornets do have a superstar point guard in Paul along with a few other pieces like David West and Emeka Okafor. New Orleans also hasn’t played since Friday and is without a shadow of a doubt the far fresher team on the court today and to get around double digits makes them just fine with me.
Look for the Heat to resort back to that earlier season form and in the end this thing to be a lot closer than the experts seem to think.
The pick: New Orleans +11
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