Monday, May 21st, 2012
Lebron James and the Miami Heat will kick off a west coast road trip with a stop to the Bay Area to face the Golden St Warriors in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night.
Tip off time from Golden St is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The point spread opened with the road team Miami Heat favored by –7 1/2 points with an over under of 196 points.
Early money from the NBA bettors has landed on the side of the road club as the Miami Heat are now favored by -8 points.
The total has moved down to 195 ½ points.
Miami Heat money line gamblers will lay –325 odds with the home underdog Golden St Warriors bringing back +295 odds to win straight up with no need for points on their side.
The Miami Heat swept the season series in the 2010-11 campaign. Each team covered the point spread once and the total split down the middle with one over and one under.
Golden St’s cover came on the road as they dropped a 114-107 decision as a +11 ½ point underdog.
The Miami Heat travel to face Golden St with a record of 8-1 on the season. The team is 5-0 on the road.
Miami averages 108 points and hits on 50.2% from the field with 37.6% coming from three. The team makes 76.9% of their free throws.
On defense the Heat give up 96 points and 41.7% shooting. Teams connect on 37.1% from three against them.
Miami has won three straight games.
They are coming off the 101-90 road win on Sunday night to the New Jersey Nets as a -9 point favorite.
The total landed over the closing line of 190 points.
Miami was up by 24 points at the half in the win.
The team connected on 50% of their shots with 5 of 15 makes from beyond the arc.
Lebron James returned back from injury to score 32 points on 11 of 17 from the floor and nine assists.
Chris Bosh had 16 points with 6 of 14 made shots.
Off the bench Udonis Haslem contributed with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Miami held New Jersey to just 33.7% shooting with 10 of 33 from the three point line.
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Golden St will host Miami with a 2-6 record this season. The team is 2-3 playing at home.
The Warriors put up 89 points and hit on 44.4% of their shots with 33.1% from the three point line. The team makes 68.8% of their free throws.
On defense Golden St allows 96 points and 44.6% shooting. Opponents connect on 36.1% from the three point line against them.
The team is suffering through a five game losing streak.
They are coming off a bad 88-87 home loss on Saturday night to the Utah Jazz as a -3 point home favorite.
The total came in at under the closing line of 189 ½ points.
The Warriors shot just 41.4% from the floor with 7 of 19 from beyond the arc.
They turned the ball over eight more times than the Jazz.
Monta Ellis had 32 points with six assists with 8 of 22 shooting.
Off the bench Brandon Rush scored 14 points with 4 of 6 from three.
David Lee had 13 points and 15 rebounds in the loss.
They allowed the Jazz to hit on 39.5% from the floor and 4 of 16 from the three point line.
On the injury report guard Stephen Curry has missed two games due to a sprained ankle. He is listed as doubtful for the Heat game.
On the Miami side guard Dwyane Wade has been hampered by a foot injury that forced him to miss three games. Wade is also listed as doubtful for this contest.
Trend: Golden St Warriors are 6-2 to the under this season.
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