{"id":6419,"date":"2009-11-17T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-handicapping-thunder-vs-heat\/"},"modified":"2009-11-17T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T12:55:00","slug":"nba-handicapping-thunder-vs-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-handicapping-thunder-vs-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Handicapping: Thunder vs Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at AmericanAirlines Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Heat listed as 5-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Thunder lost to the Clippers 101-93 as a 5.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (184.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 40 points for the Thunder, while Russell Westbrook chipped in with 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Heat guard Dwyane Wade sunk a 3-pointer with time expiring to down the Nets 81-80 at AmericanAirlines Arena Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered as a 12.5-point home underdog while the final score played UNDER the 178-point total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-5 SU, 6-4 ATS
Miami: 7-2 SU, 6-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oklahoma City most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 2-8
Before playing Orlando are 1-9
After playing LA Clippers are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Miami most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Atlanta are 7-3
After playing New Jersey are 4-6
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oklahoma City’s last 5 games when playing Miami
Oklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Miami
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oklahoma City’s last 10 games on the road
Oklahoma City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami’s last 5 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Miami’s last 8 games
Miami is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami’s last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, November 18
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, November 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at AmericanAirlines Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Heat listed as 5-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Thunder lost to the Clippers 101-93 as a 5.5-point favorite … Continue reading NBA Handicapping: Thunder vs Heat<\/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-6419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419","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=6419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}