{"id":3357,"date":"2009-01-18T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/heat-thunder-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-18T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T13:45:00","slug":"heat-thunder-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/heat-thunder-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat-Thunder Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Ford<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Heat lost 93-86 on Saturday to the Rockets as 3.5-point road underdogs. The game’s 179 points fell UNDER the posted total of 186.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dwyane<\/st2:GivenName> Wade<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had a game-high 29 points and dished out nine assists in a losing effort. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Thunder pulled off a stunning 89-79 upset victory over the Pistons on Friday. The Thunder won the game as a 5-point underdog, while the 168 points went UNDER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Durant<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 32 points and six rebounds, while Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Wilcox<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 17 points in that win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 21-18 SU, 18-20-1 ATS
Oklahoma City: 8-33 SU, 27-14 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miami most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Boston are 7-3
After playing Houston are 3-7
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Golden State are 3-7
After playing Detroit are 2-8
After a win are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Miami’s last 8 games when playing Oklahoma City
Miami is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Oklahoma City
Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Oklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oklahoma City’s last 5 games when playing at home against Miami
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oklahoma City’s last 8 games when playing Miami<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 21
Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Wednesday, January 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Ford Center will be treated to a game between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder when they take their seats on Sunday. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Heat lost 93-86 on Saturday to the Rockets as 3.5-point … Continue reading Heat-Thunder Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}