Heat at Knicks NBA Odds & Predictions: No doubt about it, Madison Square Garden will be rockin' Friday night when LeBron James and pals, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, lead the visiting Miami Heat (19-8) against the resugent New York Knickerbockers (7 PM ET, ESPN). It's not only Miami that's revamped itself for this 2010-11 NBA season, but there's some new players and attitude to go along with them in New York too. As of Friday morning, the Knicks have the fifth best record (16-10) in the NBA Eastern Conference and trail Boston in the Atlantic Division by 5 1/2 games. Miami is currently leading the Southeast Division by two games over its nearest challenger Orlando.
Bodog.com and most other offshore sports gaming sites list the Knicks as +5 1/2-point home underdogs to the visiting Heat with a posted total of 211.
New York is coming off a 118-116 loss to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday and will now have to deal with the Heat, a team looking to extend its 10-game winning streak. The Knicks fought hard in losing at home to the Celtics 118-116 on Wednesday. New York covered the the point-spread as a 4 1/2-chalk underdog, while the 234 combined points cashed on the OVER in totals betting.
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Miami won its last outing, a 101-95 result against the Cavaliers, also on Wednesday. The Heat failed to cover in that game as a 16 1/2-point favorite, while the 196 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Miami has also has SU wins in its last five road games and is 5-0 in its last five games when playing the Knicks. They will be challenged, as New York has gone 8-1 SU in its last nine games.
So far on the season, New York has an impressive ATS record of 18-7-1 while the Heat have been less spectacular for its backers going 12-14-1 ATS.
NBA Picks : On Wednesday our subscribers were able to cash-in on my prediction that New York would cover the betting spread versus the Celtics. I look for much of the same tonight, and that is New York covering the point-spread as a +5 1/2 point home dog.
