Heat at Bobcats NBA Picks: Here we are at the mid-point of the 2010 NBA season and to the surprise of many pundits, Larry Brown's Charlotte Bobcats are sixth in the Eastern Conference standings with a 20-19 record. Wednesday night the Bobcats will host the 20-19 Miami Heat(7 pm Eastern).
Sportsbook.com oddsmakers have lined Charlotte as 4-chalk favorites versus Miami with a 191 total. Heat backers are getting +155 odds as the Sportsbook moneyline underdog while the Bobcats are giving -175.After a 3-9 start, Brown and the Cats have clawed their way above .500, winning five games in a row and eight of their last nine. Charlotte also finds itself two games on the safe side of the Eastern Conference playoff cutline, and is 24-15 against the Sportsbook.com point-spreads this season, better than all but one other team.
Miami, meanwhile, after a 6-1 start, is now struggling to keep its head above water, losing seven of its last 11 games. Charlotte beat the Heat a couple of weeks ago 107-97, shooting the lights out in the process.
Dwyane Wade dropped 32 points, as the Heat slammed the Pacers 113-83 on Tuesday night.
Miami covered as 6.5-point home favorites, while the game played UNDER the 207-point total listed by sportsbooks.
Gerald Wallace dropped 28 points to lift the Bobcats past the Kings 105-103 on Monday. Charlotte couldn't cover as 6.5-point home favorites, while the game played OVER the 197-point total listed by sportsbooks.
Charlotte is hot having won five straight games. We look for the streak to continue with a SU win tonight. We like the Bobcats to cover the 4-point chalk at home.
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