{"id":6353,"date":"2009-11-12T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-odds-cavaliers-vs-heat\/"},"modified":"2009-11-12T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T14:59:00","slug":"nba-odds-cavaliers-vs-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-odds-cavaliers-vs-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Odds: Cavaliers vs Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">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 Thursday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 2-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">LeBron James poured in a game-high 36 points with eight rebounds to lead the Cavaliers past the Magic 102-93 on Wednesday. The Cavaliers won that game as a 1.5-point underdog, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 190.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dwyane Wade poured in 41 points to lead the Heat past the Wizards 90-76 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 8-point home favorites, while the game played UNDER the 184.5-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-3 SU, 4-4 ATS <br \/>Miami: 6-1 SU, 6-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Utah are 7-3<br \/>After playing Orlando are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Miami most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing New Jersey are 3-7<br \/>After playing Washington are 2-8<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Cleveland is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Miami<br \/>Cleveland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 14 games when playing on the road against Miami<br \/>Cleveland is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Miami&#8217;s last 8 games at home<br \/>Miami is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Miami is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 14<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 14<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Thursday. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 2-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. LeBron James poured in a game-high 36 points &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-odds-cavaliers-vs-heat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA Odds: Cavaliers vs Heat<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-6353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353","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=6353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}