{"id":72799,"date":"2014-02-27T13:37:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T21:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=72799"},"modified":"2014-02-27T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T21:37:30","slug":"new-york-knicks-vs-miami-heat-preview-free-predictions-handicapping-27214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/new-york-knicks-vs-miami-heat-preview-free-predictions-handicapping-27214\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y. Knicks vs. Miami Heat Odds &#038; NBA Free Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NYC vs Miami vs Dallas Betting!<\/h2>\n<p>The Knicks are 24-33 ATS with an O\/U record of 32-25-1 and the Heat are 25-28-1 ATS with an O\/U record of 31-23.<!--more-->[ad-4468020]<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue\/ Stadium: AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time\/Date: 8 PM EST Thursday, February 27, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>NBA Odds From: Bovada<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Moneyline: OFF<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Spread: Heat -10.5<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Over\/Under:\u00a0 201<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>NBA Odds: [dfads params=&#8217;groups=63740&#038;limit=1&#038;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/nba-matchups.aspx?page=\/data\/NBA\/matchups\/g5_summary_6.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/nba-preview.aspx?page=\/data\/NBA\/matchups\/g5_preview_6.html\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This season the Heat are 21-4 at home and the Knicks are 9-17 on the road.<\/p>\n<p>In their last games the Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 93-79 and the Knicks lost to the Dallas Mavericks 110-108.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"NBA Picks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK GRAB OUR BEST Expert Hoops Picks for 2014 GAMBLING season!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The Knicks are fighting just to make the playoffs while the Heat are chasing the Indiana Pacers for the best record in the East. The Knicks are 5 games out of the last playoff spot and are falling fast losing 3 straight and 8 of their last 10 games. On the other side of the coin the Heat trail the Pacers by 2 games and have won 5 straight and 8 of their last 10.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James will be playing in his first game since breaking his nose and will be playing in a protective mask.<\/p>\n<p>Carmelo Anthony has been playing great scoring more than 40 points in 3 of his last 4 games, but other members of the Knicks are struggling. It also does not help that PG Raymond Felton was recently arrested on weapons charges.<br \/>\n[ad-6571516]<br \/>\nThe Heat have played suffocating defense in the last 2 games holding the Bulls to 79 points in their last one and 81 to the Thunder in their previous one.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat easily beat the Bulls in their last game and that was with LeBron on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>These 2 teams have split the 2 games they have faced e3ach other this season with both games in New York.<\/p>\n<p>New York does have 4 other players scoring in double figures with Melo averaging 28.2 ppg, bit they need to help out tonight on offense facing a strong Miami defense.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks will also have to play good D, but they have given up over 106 points in each of their last 3 games.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Betting Trends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Knicks are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 road games, 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record, and they have an Over record of 6-1 in their last 7 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 home games, 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a losing S.U. record, and they have an Over record of 11-5 in their last 16 home games.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 4 games between these 2 teams in Miami the total has gone Over every time.<\/p>\n<p>The road team has covered the spread in 4 of the last 5 games between these 2 teams.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jason\u2019s Pick:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mask or no mask James is still King James for a reason and he will lead the Heat to a win and they will also cover the spread.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Player Injuries<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Knicks<\/strong><br \/>\nCarmelo Anthony SF &#8211; Feb 26: Day-To-Day<br \/>\nRaymond Felton PG &#8211; Feb 25: Out<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heat<\/strong><br \/>\nLeBron James SF &#8211; Feb 26: Day-To-Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC vs Miami vs Dallas Betting! 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