{"id":3640,"date":"2009-03-02T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/cavaliers-heat-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-02T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T13:33:00","slug":"cavaliers-heat-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/cavaliers-heat-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers-Heat Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at AmericanAirlines Arena will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat when they take their seats on Monday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cavaliers edged Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 88-87 as a 4-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (190). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LeBron<\/st2:GivenName> James<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 26 points and handed out 11 assists for Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, while Mo Williams added 20 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> survived a shootout with the Knicks, scoring 37 points in the fourth quarter for a 120-115 win at AmericanAirlines Arena Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered as a 6.5-point favorite while the final score played over the 212.5-point total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 46-12 SU, 37-21 ATS
Miami: 31-27 SU, 27-30-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 9-1
Before playing Milwaukee are 9-1
After playing Atlanta are 8-2
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Miami most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Phoenix are 3-7
After playing New York are 3-7
After a win are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Cleveland is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland’s last 5 games
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Miami
Miami is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Miami’s last 13 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Miami’s last 8 games at home
Miami is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, March 4
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, March 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at AmericanAirlines Arena will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat when they take their seats on Monday. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Cavaliers edged Atlanta 88-87 as a 4-point … Continue reading Cavaliers-Heat 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-3640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640","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=3640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}