PREMIUM
Rogers' 10* TOTAL MASSACRE >> PERFECT in Hoops (4-0!) L2 Nights!
(NBA) Miami vs. Brooklyn,
Total: 214.50 | -110.00 Over
Result: Loss
Total: 214.50 | -110.00 Over
Result: Loss
The set-up: The 15-30 Miami Heat head out on the road for a quick two-stop road trip, on the heels of sweeping their recent four-game homestand. Their first stop is Brooklyn, where they'll take on the NBA-worst 9-35 Nets at Barclays Center.
Miami: The Heat lost 10 of 11 games to fall to 11-30 but looked like a completely different team while sweeping a four-game homestand that included wins over two of the top three teams in the Western Conference (Golden State and Houston). A key has been Dion Waiters, who just recently returned form a groin injury. The Heat dropped 15 of the 20 games he missed but are 5-4 since he returned. Waiters scored 33 points and hit the game-winning three-pointer from the top of the key with six-tenths of a second remaining against the Golden State Warriors on Monday night, which followed a 33-point effort in Saturday win over the Bucks. Waiters' now has five career 30-point games. Let's not forget Miami's two All Star hopefuls, PG Dragic (19.5 & 6.3 APG) and center Whiteside (17.1 & 14.2).
Brooklyn: The nets snapped an 11-game losing streak in scoring 143 points Friday in New Orleans but the follow ups have been a seven-point loss at Charlotte Saturday and a 112-86 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. In fact, Brooklyn's last home win is way back on Dec. 26, when Randy Foye's buzzer-beater knocked off Charlotte. Since then, the Nets are 1-13 and enter this game having dropped eight in a row at home. "I'm disappointed for the fans," Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson told reporters. "I think our fans are unbelievable the way they support us. I'm looking up in the stands at the end of the game ... I just ask for patience, and we'll keep working at it and try to get better." The Nets took another hit on Monday, when the team announced that PG Jeremy Lin (he's played in just 12 games this season) would miss another three to five weeks after aggravating his hamstring injury during rehab.
The pick: The Nets swept the four-game regular season series back in the 2013-14 season but Miami is 7-1 in the eight regular-season meetings, since. Throw in its victory in the 2014 Eastern Conference semifinals and Miami 11-2 in the last 13 meetings. However, it's hard to ignore the fact that the Heat are just 1-12 SU over their last 13 road games and come in as the leagues' second-lowest scoring team, averaging only 98.9 PPG. Let's make the Under a 10* play.
Miami: The Heat lost 10 of 11 games to fall to 11-30 but looked like a completely different team while sweeping a four-game homestand that included wins over two of the top three teams in the Western Conference (Golden State and Houston). A key has been Dion Waiters, who just recently returned form a groin injury. The Heat dropped 15 of the 20 games he missed but are 5-4 since he returned. Waiters scored 33 points and hit the game-winning three-pointer from the top of the key with six-tenths of a second remaining against the Golden State Warriors on Monday night, which followed a 33-point effort in Saturday win over the Bucks. Waiters' now has five career 30-point games. Let's not forget Miami's two All Star hopefuls, PG Dragic (19.5 & 6.3 APG) and center Whiteside (17.1 & 14.2).
Brooklyn: The nets snapped an 11-game losing streak in scoring 143 points Friday in New Orleans but the follow ups have been a seven-point loss at Charlotte Saturday and a 112-86 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. In fact, Brooklyn's last home win is way back on Dec. 26, when Randy Foye's buzzer-beater knocked off Charlotte. Since then, the Nets are 1-13 and enter this game having dropped eight in a row at home. "I'm disappointed for the fans," Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson told reporters. "I think our fans are unbelievable the way they support us. I'm looking up in the stands at the end of the game ... I just ask for patience, and we'll keep working at it and try to get better." The Nets took another hit on Monday, when the team announced that PG Jeremy Lin (he's played in just 12 games this season) would miss another three to five weeks after aggravating his hamstring injury during rehab.
The pick: The Nets swept the four-game regular season series back in the 2013-14 season but Miami is 7-1 in the eight regular-season meetings, since. Throw in its victory in the 2014 Eastern Conference semifinals and Miami 11-2 in the last 13 meetings. However, it's hard to ignore the fact that the Heat are just 1-12 SU over their last 13 road games and come in as the leagues' second-lowest scoring team, averaging only 98.9 PPG. Let's make the Under a 10* play.
