Toronto Raptors versus Miami Heat Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 2-3-2013
The 29-14 Miami Heat will be the road club when they take on the 17-30 Toronto Raptors in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time from Toronto is scheduled for 2PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the road team Miami Heat favored by -5 points with an over under line of 196 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds came out a few hours ago.
The teams met back on January 23rd and it was Miami posting the 123-116 home win in overtime as a -10 point betting favorite. The total came over 194 ½ points.
Miami has a road record this season of 11-11. They drop their second of three games on this four game road trip following a 102-89 road defeat to the Indiana Pacers as a -2 point betting favorite. The total came in at over 184 ½ points. The Heat shoots 47.1% from the floor but allowed Indiana to connect on 55.7% of their shots. Miami lack of size down low was a factor as they pull down 9 less rebounds than Indiana. Lebron James led the Heat with 28 points and 6 rebounds on 9 of 17 shooting. Miami is the 30th and worst rebounding team in the NBA. They allow nearly 97 points a game which is 13th in the league.
Toronto has a home mark of 12-11 on the 2012-13 campaign. They break a three game losing streak by beating the LA Clippers on Friday night 98-73 as a +4 point underdog. The total came in at under 193 ½ points. The Raptors shot nearly 47% while giving up just 34.7% to a Clipper team playing without Chris Paul and Matt Barnes. Toronto grabbed 8 more boards than LA. Rudy Gay off the bench scores 20 points in over 32 minutes for Toronto. The Raptors are a bottom third defense in the league in two key components this season which are points allowed and defensive field goal percentage. Bad defensive teams struggle defending Lebron James.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the road team Miami Heat favored by -5 points with an over under line of 196 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds came out a few hours ago.
The teams met back on January 23rd and it was Miami posting the 123-116 home win in overtime as a -10 point betting favorite. The total came over 194 ½ points.
Miami has a road record this season of 11-11. They drop their second of three games on this four game road trip following a 102-89 road defeat to the Indiana Pacers as a -2 point betting favorite. The total came in at over 184 ½ points. The Heat shoots 47.1% from the floor but allowed Indiana to connect on 55.7% of their shots. Miami lack of size down low was a factor as they pull down 9 less rebounds than Indiana. Lebron James led the Heat with 28 points and 6 rebounds on 9 of 17 shooting. Miami is the 30th and worst rebounding team in the NBA. They allow nearly 97 points a game which is 13th in the league.
Toronto has a home mark of 12-11 on the 2012-13 campaign. They break a three game losing streak by beating the LA Clippers on Friday night 98-73 as a +4 point underdog. The total came in at under 193 ½ points. The Raptors shot nearly 47% while giving up just 34.7% to a Clipper team playing without Chris Paul and Matt Barnes. Toronto grabbed 8 more boards than LA. Rudy Gay off the bench scores 20 points in over 32 minutes for Toronto. The Raptors are a bottom third defense in the league in two key components this season which are points allowed and defensive field goal percentage. Bad defensive teams struggle defending Lebron James.