{"id":3500,"date":"2009-02-12T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/heat-bulls-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-12T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T18:12:00","slug":"heat-bulls-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/heat-bulls-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat-Bulls Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at United<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 4-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game’s total is sitting at 195. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dwyane<\/st2:GivenName> Wade<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 33 points and seven rebounds in its 99-82 loss to Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 1-point road underdogs as the teams played under the 203-point total posted by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben<\/st2:GivenName> Gordon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 24 points to lead the Bulls past the Pistons 107-102 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 2.5-point home favorites as the teams played over the 190-point total posted by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 27-24 SU, 24-26-1 ATS
Chicago: 23-29 SU, 25-26-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miami most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Minnesota are 5-5
After playing Denver are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Milwaukee are 4-6
After playing Detroit are 3-7
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Miami’s last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami’s last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago’s last 5 games
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Miami
Chicago is 7-0-1 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago’s last 6 games when playing at home against Miami<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, February 18
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, February 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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