Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Miami Heat will travel in a back to back to face the Detroit Pistons in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night.
Tip off time from Detroit is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The point spread opened up with the road team Miami Heat favored by –8 points with a total lined at 187 points.
Early money from the NBA wagering public has landed on the side of the road club as Miami has been bet up to a -8 ½ point favorite.
The total has moved up to 187 ½ points.
Miami Heat money line supporters will lay –400 odds with the home underdog Detroit Pistons bringing back +355 odds to earn the upset home win with no need for getting the points on their side.
Miami swept all four meetings against the Pistons a season ago. Each team covered the point spread twice in the four games.
The over came in twice as did the under.
Miami will head to Detroit with a record of
The team is coming off the 92-85 home win last night to the Detroit Pistons as a -13 ½ point betting favorite.
The total landed under the closing line of 203 ½ points.
Miami started slowly with just 37 first half points.
The team connected on 45.7% from the floor with 5 of 18 coming from beyond the arc.
Chris Bosh had 35 points and seven rebounds as he made 10 of 16 from the field and a perfect 14 of 14 from the charity stripe.
LeBron James had 18 points with 8 of 21 shooting.
Off the bench Norris Cole had 10 points as he made 5 of his 8 shots.
They allowed the upstart Cavaliers 50% shooting with 6 of 16 coming from beyond the arc.
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Detroit will host Miami with a record of 4-14 on the season. The team is 3-6 on their home court.
The Pistons put up 84 points and connect on 42.2% from the floor with 36.4% shooting from three. The team hits on 77.6% of their free throws.
On defense Detroit allows 94 points and 47.7% shooting. Teams convert on 34.9% from the three point line against them.
The Pistons have dropped five of their past six games.
They are coming off the 99-79 home defeat on Monday night to the Oklahoma City Thunder as a +13 ½ point underdog.
The total landed under the closing line of 186 points.
Detroit was atrocious as the team fell behind 60-33 at the half.
The Pistons hit on 34.1% of their shots with 4 of 14 coming from three.
They pulled down 13 less rebounds than the Thunder.
Brandon Knight led Detroit with 13 points on 5 of 9 shooting.
Rodney Stuckey had 12 points as he made 5 of his 11 shots.
Center Greg Monroe scored 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds but shot poorly at 3 of 14 from the floor.
Detroit allowed Oklahoma City to hit on 53.2% of their shots with 7 of 16 coming from the three point line.
Trend: Detroit Pistons are 4-1 to the under in their past five games.
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