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Miami Heat (40-34) at Cleveland Cavaliers (45-30)
7:00 pm Eastern
TNT
SBG Global Opening Line: Cavaliers – 6, Total 182
The Miami Heat can clinch a playoff spot with a win tonight at Cleveland against the Cavaliers. Miami will be playing without Dwayne Wade but they could get their star back soon. "The fact that he's back practicing is huge," Heat coach Pat Riley said. "You go back to Feb. 23, it didn't look like there was going to be any of that stuff. So this is great." Miami has done great without Wade, going 14-7 to get right into the race for the Southeast Division title. SBG Global reports that early betting has the public riding heavy on the Heat tonight, plus the points.
Cleveland has also done well without their star in the lineup. The team had gone 3-0 when LeBron James was out, but that trend ended on Sunday as the Cavaliers lost 98-96 to Boston. James was back on Tuesday scoring 31 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in a 101-88 victory over Minnesota. "It's still not 100 percent," James said. "I'd say it's about 80-85 percent now. I still felt it a couple times. ... Just have to keep doing treatment and keep getting healthy, but I felt pretty good."
The Cleveland Cavaliers are 5.5 point favorites with a total of 182 at SBG Global.
The last matchup of these teams saw James get 29 points but the Heat got the 86-81 win. The Heat lead the season series two games to one but they have lost their last three games at Cleveland.
Miami is coming off a 92-89 victory over Toronto on Tuesday. The Heat are 3-3 in their last six games while the Cavs are 4-4 in their last 8.
The Heat are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 Thursday games. The Heat are 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 vs. the Central. The Heat are 27-13-2 ATS in their last 42 games overall. The Heat are 1-4 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Cleveland.
The Cavaliers are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 home games. The Cavaliers are 23-8 ATS in their last 31 games overall. The Cavaliers are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 vs. the Eastern Conference. The home team is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings between the two teams.
The Under is 6-1 in Miami’s last 7 road games. The Under is 11-3 in the Heat’s last 14 vs. the Eastern Conference. The Under is 7-2 in Miami’s last 9 overall. The Under is 19-7 in the Heat’s last 26 vs. the Central. The Over is 5-0 in the Cavaliers last 5 overall. The Under is 8-1 in the Cavaliers last 9 vs. NBA Southeast. The Under is 10-4-1 in the Cavaliers last 15 home games. The Under is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings between the two teams.
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NBA Basketball
Phoenix Suns (56-18) at San Antonio Spurs (53-21)
9:30 pm Eastern
TNT
SBG Global Opening Line: Spurs - 4, Total 206
The Phoenix Suns lead the San Antonio Spurs by three games in the race for the #2 seed in the Western Conference so if San Antonio has any chance of catching the Suns they will need to win tonight. Early betting at SBG Global has the public counting on just that, with most money on the Spurs laying the points.
Tonight’s game could be a possible conference semifinal preview if both were to advance past the first round. The winner of this game will win the season series since they have split two meetings this season, with each team winning at home.
The Spurs have won 10 of 13 overall between the teams and six straight at home. San Antonio is 11-1 at the AT&T Center against Phoenix since the start of the 2000-01 season. "They're one of the best in the league," San Antonio forward Tim Duncan said of the Suns. "It's a great test time for us, especially coming down toward the end of the season here. It's good to have them coming into our house here and be able to measure up a little bit."
The San Antonio Spurs are 3.5 point favorites with a total of 206 at SBG Global.
Phoenix is coming off a 116-111 victory over Memphis on Tuesday. The Suns were up by 14 points in the third quarter before Memphis made the Suns work for the victory. "It's about us. We have to take care of us," Suns forward Shawn Marion said. "This is the first game of this road trip. We had to get the first game and now that it came, it's time to move on to San Antonio." Phoenix extended its winning streak to three games.
The Spurs are coming off a 110-91 win over Seattle on Tuesday night and begin a stretch of five straight home games tonight. The Spurs have won five straight and 12 of 13 at home.
The Suns are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 Thursday games. The Suns are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a road underdog. The Suns are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 vs. the Southwest. The Suns are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as an underdog. The Suns are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games. The Suns are 5-11 ATS in the last 16 meetings between the two teams but the road team is 9-4 ATS in the last 13 meetings.
The Spurs are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 vs. the Western Conference. The Spurs are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games as a home favorite. The Spurs are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 vs. the Pacific.
The Over is 4-0 in the Suns last 4 overall. The Over is 4-0 in the Suns last 4 vs. the Western Conference. The Under is 9-4 in the Suns last 13 vs. the NBA Southwest. The Over is 6-1 in the Spurs last 7 games as a favorite.
The Under is 5-1-2 in the Spurs last 8 vs. the Pacific. The Under is 15-5-1 in the Spurs last 21 games as a home favorite.
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