Chicago at Miami

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.