Miami is familiar with the situation it is in now as last year the Heat lost the first play-in game and then had to beat the Bulls to advance. This season they'll have to do it without Jimmy Butler, who suffered a knee injury in Wednesday's game against Philadelphia. The teams have split four meetings this season and Chicago is 19-22 straight up on the road and it is just a slight underdog in tonight's matchup. Miami has covered seven in a row following a loss and four of five as a favorite of 0.5-4.5 points. The Heat are 60-39 UNDER in the first half their past 99 games and they are 47-36 UNDER this season. Chicago is 2-10 ATS its past 12 games following an ATS win and 7-3 UNDER as an underdog of 0.4-4.5 points. Miami has gone UNDER 11 of 14 Friday games. Look for Tyler Herro to have a better shooting night after going 9-for-27 against the 76ers while still scoring 25 points. Take the Heat as a Max Play and the first half as a Max Play and the game to stay UNDER.
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Who is the public on? 59% of the public bets are on Miami Heat on the -3.5 ATS.
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My computer prediction for this game is that Miami will win by a score of 116.0 to 112.5 with Miami winning on the moneyline, Chicago winning on the spread.
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Who was the public on? 61% of the public bets were on Miami Heat on the -2.5 ATS. And, 59% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Miami would win by a score of 108.4 to 103.3 with Miami winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Chicago at Miami
7:00 PM Eastern
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Who was the public on? 68% of the public bets were on Miami Heat on the -4.5 ATS. And, 61% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Miami would win by a score of 111.9 to 106.8 with Miami winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Chicago at Miami
8:10 PM Eastern
This is the third meeting this season and the past two have gone OVER, including Thursday's 124-116 win by Chicago that went OVER by 27 points. The Bulls are 8-1-1 OVER their past 10 games and Miami has gone OVER five of eight and the Heat have averaged 116 points their past three games. The Bulls are 7-0-1 OVER their past eight games as underdogs and 7-0 OVER overall playing with one day of rest. Also, Chicago has soared OVER its past six road contests and Miami is 5-2 OVER after a loss. The Heat have gone OVER five of six as favorites and five of seven overall at home. Play the OVER.
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Who was the public on? 73% of the public bets were on Miami Heat on the -3.5 ATS. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Miami would win by a score of 110.1 to 105.5 with Miami winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 64% of the public bets were on Miami Heat on the -1.5 ATS. And, 54% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Miami would win by a score of 105.7 to 104.6 with Miami winning on the moneyline, Chicago winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Miami at Chicago
8:00 PM Eastern
The Miami Heat saw a seven game winning streak go up in flames in Chicago two nights ago as the Bulls took a 102-97 decision. The teams will be right back at it tonight. The NBA is trying to cut down on travel and scheduling a lot of consecutive games vs the same opponent. The last 42 games of this nature has shown revenge and the difficulty of beating the same opponent twice in a row, especially when they are the better team. The revenging team is 26-16 ATS. Maimi is playing very well, while the win was just the 3rd in the Bulls last 10 games. I like Miami tonight.
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