Brooklyn at Miami

Brooklyn heads out on the road with a bad offense, #27 in the NBA in scoring. At least the defense is improving, winning two in a row, including holding Cleveland to 43.8 percent shooting two games ago. They run into a Miami team that is all about playing tough defense, #4 in the NBA in points allowed and #2 in the Eastern Conference. The Heat are also #9 in field goal shooting defense in the league. Center Hassan Whiteside has been a force with four straight double-doubles and 10 in the last 11 games for Miami, which stands in fifth place, one game behind Atlanta for third in the East. Miami is 7-3 UNDER the total at home against a team with a losing road record, and this total is too high. Play this one UNDER the total.