Miami Heat at Charlotte Hornets, 7:30 p.m. EST, Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC<\/strong><\/p>\nI am taking the Hornets at -5.5 (-110), at Betway. Charlotte has been one of the hottest teams in the NBA since Christmas (34-18) and will have a raucous home court advantage. Charlotte went 5-2 over its last seven games and went 4-3 against the spread.<\/p>\n
The Heat did hold a 3-1 edge in their season series, yes. And Miami did close out their season with a dominating 143-117 win at home over the Atlanta Hawks, led by their bench, including 25 points from former Raptor Norm Powell.<\/p>\n
I also watched the Heat drop both of those key Eastern Conference games against the Raptors last week, with a shaky defence, contributing to the Heat finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference. Charlotte has a lot of young firepower \u2013 LaMelo Ball (30 points and 13 assists the time these two teams met, in March), Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel.<\/p>\n
Betway also has the Hornets -225 (bet $225 to win $100) this morning on the Moneyline, the Heat +185 (bet $100 to win $185). You also might want to lean on the Over (228.5) since this one should be a high-scoring affair.<\/p>\n
Heat guard Pelle Larsson is questionable for tonight\u2019s game, with a leg contusion.<\/p>\n
Portland Trail Blazers at Phoenix Suns, 10 p.m. EST, Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix, AZ<\/strong><\/p>\nThere are several reasons to take the Suns on the Moneyline (-150) at Betway \u2013 as most bettors apparently are doing (70+ per cent in bets and handle at some sportsbooks). The Suns are bullish at home (25-16), and the Trail Blazers, with a young core, are not a great road team (18-23).<\/p>\n
Plus, go with the Suns\u2019 star power \u2013 Devin Booker is a proven vet who can take over games in key moments. Portland won seven of their last ten games, which explains the tighter spread (Suns -3.5, -105; Blazers +3.5, -115), but they won\u2019t overcome the Suns\u2019 home court edge.<\/p>\n"}],"main_image":117398},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117399,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117395\/revisions\/117399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}