NBA Sports Betting Cavaliers vs Heat

December 30, 2008 by admin
Filed under: NBA Baseball Betting 

The Cavaliers take their incredible against the BetUS online betting spread record into Miami to take on the Heat. Cleveland is a phenomenal team both straight-up and against the spread. Straight-up they have gone 26 and 4. Against the BetUS online wagering spread, they have gone 22 and 8. The BetUS odd makers are sort of onto this team as they’ve failed to cover in their last two games, but the Cavs are still a much better option for NBA betting fans than any other team in the league. Cleveland is just a good team. With general manager Danny Ferry putting some terrific role players around LeBron “King” James, the Cavs are a definite team to watch in the Eastern Conference.

The Miami Heat has a lot of talent but so far their record hasn’t shown it. They are only 16 and 13 on the season and 6-8-1 against the BetUS online betting spread. Dwayne Wade is averaging 29 points a game but Shawn Marion has been a disappointment in the scoring category. He is averaging close to 10 rebounds a game but scoring wise he’s been a no show this season. Also, rookie Michael Beasley really hasn’t developed into the player that the Heat organization envisioned when they drafted him second overall. Maybe they should have gone for that O.J. Mayo kid who can score at will.

Here are the BetUS Sportsbook online NBA betting odds for this game:

Cleveland Cavaliers – 4 ½ – 110 O 182 ½ – 110

Miami Heat + 4 ½ – 110 U 182 ½ – 110

Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game:

The Cleveland Cavaliers are 15 and 5 against the spread in their last 20 games on the road.

The Road team is 4 and 1 against the spread in the last 5 meetings between these two teams.

The Miami Heat is 5 and 0 against the spread in their last 5 games as the underdog.

The Under is 7 and 1 in the Miami Heat last 8 games overall.

So the Cavs haven’t covered in their last two games. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. The Cavaliers should easily cover the spread in this game, but I’m not going to bet that by itself.

I also like the under. Why? Because neither one of these teams wants to score over 90 points much less 100. The Heat have an issue in the sense that unless D-Wade puts up close to 40 every game, they’re probably not going to win. Nobody else on the Heat is a scorer in the traditional sense.

The Cavs should beat the spread and this game should go under the BetUS Total of 182 ½.

It sure feels like a nice basketball betting parlay to me.

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