Miami Heat at Washington Wizards 2010 NBA Preview, Odds, and Predictions

Miami Heat at Washington Wizards 2010 NBA Preview, Odds, and Predictions:  LeBron James will lead the Miami Heat on the road to the Verizon Center to take on the Washington Wizards on Saturday night at 7:00 PM ET.  The Wizards have lost 6 consecutive games and stand at 6-18 5th in the Southeast while the Heat have won 11 in a row and enter the game at 20-8 1st in the Southeast and winning 10 of those 11 games by double digits.  I feel the difference with the Heat starts with the rotations they are playing at the center position specifically.   Zydrunas Ilgauskas is a legitimate NBA center and plays defense in the paint where Joel Anthony, although talented is barely big enough to play power forward and is now the third big man off the bench.  This provides the help defense needed over the league’s top point guards and frees up Chris Bosh to be a better rebounder like he was in Toronto.  “Our goal is to play well every night,” James said. “It starts on the defensive end with us. When we defend, we’re a very, very dangerous team. We just try to wear teams down. Use our athleticism. Use our quickness. Use our defensive strategies to wear teams down.”  The odds makers at JustBET have the Miami Heat a -12 1/2 point favorite on the road against the Washington Wizards.

The Miami Heat are playing back to back nights on the road and are coming off another big win 113-91 over the surging New York Knicks to move to 13-14-1 ATS for the season.  Forward LeBron James led the way with a triple double as he continues to torch Madison Square Garden with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.  Dwayne Wade chipped in 26 points with 8 rebounds and 5 dimes while Chris Bosh also scored 26 points with 7 rebounds.  Miami is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Washington.  Vegas odds makers have the Miami Heat +210 to win the 2010-2011 NBA Championship.

The Wizard slump continued with a loss 97-89 on the road to the New Jersey Nets moving them to 9-15 ATS for the season.  Agent Zero Gilbert Arenas led the way for the Wiz with 19 points and 9 assists.  The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington’s last 9 games when playing Miami and Washington is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Miami.  Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 194 1/2 points combined of Miami Heat and Washington Wizards.

I predict another Heat road win!

Note: Rich Fritz is a Blog Writer on NSAwins.com and not a pro handicapper. For expert NFL Football Predictions against the Vegas spreads please visit the NSAwins.com homepage for top predictions today from the National Sports Advisors.

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