Free NBA Picks and Odds: Washington Wizards @ Miami Heat Expert Predictions – NBA Betting Preview 2/25/11: Rookie point guard John Wall will lead the Washington Wizards on the road to the American Airlines Arena to take on MVP LeBron James and the Miami Heat on Friday night at 7:30 PM ET. The Wizards enter the game losing 27 of their 28 games on the road this season and at at 15-41 are 5th in the Southeast. After losing the last three Wall spoke out that the team was not playing hard. Midway through their last game word came down that the Wizards had traded Kirk Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong. “It was a pretty tough thing to hear,” Wall said. “Kirk’s a veteran guy who taught me an awful lot about NBA basketball. I’ll really miss him. And Hilton was a good friend, too.” The Wizards will have former Atlanta players Mike Bibby and Jordan Crawford, Maurice Evans and a first-round draft choice as compensation.
The Heat are coming off another loss to a division leading team and enter the game 42-16 still 1st in the Southeast and along with Boston’s loss still tied atop the Eastern Conference. Chris Bosh had the worst shooting night in the NBA since 1991 going just 1 for 18. “It makes it frustrating just knowing that if I would have made two or three of them in a close game like that it would have made a difference,” Bosh said. We played a horrible basketball game,” coach Eric Spoelstra said. “… Sometimes you steal games when a team outplays you for the majority of the game.” The odds makers at BoDog Sportsbook have the Miami Heat a -14 1/2 point favorite at home against the Washington Wizards.
The Heat lost 93-89 on the road to the Chicago Bulls to move to 28-28-1 ATS for the season. LeBron James scored 29 points pulled down 10 boards and dished 5 assists while hometown Dwayne Wade poured in 34 points 8 rebounds and 2 assists in the loss. The good news for the Heat is they have won 11 consecutive over sub-.500 teams. Vegas odds makers have the Miami Heat +180 to win the 2010-2011 NBA Championship.
The Wizards are coming off a loss 117-94 on the road at Philadelphia to move to 20-36 ATS for the season. Wall led the way with 21 points pulled down 5 rebounds and dished out 12 assists. Power forward Trevor Booker came off the bench to chip in 21 points as well. Washington is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Miami and the total has gone UNDER in 7 of Washington’s last 10 games when playing Miami. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 204 points combined of the Miami Heat and Washington Wizards.
MATCHUP: Washington (15-41) at Miami (42-16)
GAME TIME: 7:35 PM EST
TELEVISION: LOCAL
Recent Wizards and Heat NBA Betting Odds Trends:
Washington: WAS are 7-19 ATS in their last 26 road games.
WAS are 7-19 ATS in their last 26 games overall.
Under is 21-8-1 in WAS last 30 Fri. games.
Miami: Over is 8-3-1 in MIA last 12 home games.
Over is 15-7 in MIA last 22 overall.
Head to Head: Road team is 20-6-1 ATS in the last 27 meetings.
WAS are 9-3 ATS in the last 12 meetings in Miami.
Current Vegas Odds from Las Vegas
Favorite: Miami -14.5
Total: O/U 204
NOTE: These are the Morning Lines at The Orleans in Las Vegas
Rich Fritz’s Washington Wizards @ Miami Heat NBA Betting Picks:
Play Miami -14.5
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