You can be pretty certain that at no time this season did the Miami Heat players, coaches or front office think that come June they would be facing two consecutive elimination games at home. <\/p>\n
NBA Finals ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s NBA Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Least not when they were ripping off 27 straight and almost running the table for two consecutive months.<\/p>\n Yet here they are, needing to win both tonight and Thursday. The margin for error has now become cardboard in the rain. Miami now can\u2019t afford even one bad half of basketball to get its second straight title and continue that march of championships that Lebron James threw in everyone\u2019s face when he bolted from Cleveland a few years ago.<\/p>\n It will be more than interesting to see how James and the Heat play it tonight.<\/p>\n ***Will James play point forward early on, getting everyone involved and seeing if Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh can hit enough open jumpers to make it nearly impossible for the Spurs to defend the entire half-court?<\/p>\n ***Is 46 hours enough recovery time for Dwyane Wade\u2019s ailing knee after Wade had to go 40-plus minutes in Game 5? <\/p>\n ***Miami seems capable of playing fanatical pressure defense for 12 to 15 minutes, usually in the second half. Will the Heat try to apply the screws earlier tonight, hoping to put away the game so key players can save some wind for a Game 7?<\/p>\n ***Mindful of how beneficial a Game 7 would be for television ratings, how many free throws will James take tonight? During the regular season James averaged more than seven a game from the line, but in this entire series he\u2019s had only 19 total. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n It\u2019s doubtful that any other team is better equipped to handle what the veteran Spurs figure to face tonight in Miami. \u201cObviously,\u201d said Spours PG Tony Parker, \u201cyou want to finish in the first opportunity you get. We understand that Miami is going to come out with a lot more energy, and they\u2019re going to play better at home.\u201d<\/p>\n How San Antonio handles Miami\u2019s pressure defensive pressure will be one of the main keys. All season long the Heat have been able to avoid game-planning for other teams, relying on their own talent and making opposing offenses deal with the Heat\u2019s ability to go into shut-down mode. <\/p>\n The Spurs have taken Miami\u2019s best shot (a 33-5 run in the Heat\u2019s Game 2 win) and now are just one win away from their fifth title. <\/p>\n FREE NBA PICK <\/p>\n Isn\u2019t it about time that the blowouts come to an end? With the exception of Game 1 (SA 92-88), the average margin of victory has been more than 20 points. The Heat are healthy 7-point favorites in this one, the number no doubt reflecting Miami\u2019s favor among bettors internationally. <\/p>\n Liking the Spurs to cover in this one, the only concerns being Gregg Popovich\u2019s tendency to outcoach himself like he did in Game 5 by starting Tiago Splitter, and the NBA\u2019s desire to get this to a Game 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Miami vs San Antonio Handicapping You can be pretty certain that at no time this season did the Miami Heat players, coaches or front office think that come June they would be facing two consecutive elimination games at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":63082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4045,3490,59204,21932,21929,8667,23074,59182,1595,12358,58879,1087,59202,59203,59183],"class_list":["post-63060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-game-6","tag-heat-spurs-free-prediction","tag-heat-spurs-picks","tag-heat-vs-spurs","tag-nba-basketball-lines","tag-nba-betting-picks","tag-nba-final","tag-nba-gambling","tag-nba-playoff-picks","tag-nba-playoffs-odds","tag-round-4","tag-san-antonio-spurs-vs-miami-heat","tag-san-antonio-spurs-vs-miami-heat-odds","tag-the-final"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63085,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63060\/revisions\/63085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSan Antonio Spurs (3-2) at Miami Heat (2-3)
\nTuesday, June 18
\nAT&T Center, San Antonio
\n9 p.m. EST
\nSpread \u2013 Heat -7
\nO\/U \u2013 191<\/strong>
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