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Miami Heat vs. Brooklyn Nets
The Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Barclays Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Heat as -6.5-point favorites versus the Nets, while the game's total opened at 219.5.
Brooklyn was a 109-108 loser in its last match on the road against the Raptors. They covered the +7.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 217 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.
Miami lost its last outing, a 120-119 result against the Bucks on March 02. The Heat covered in that game as a +4.5-point underdog, while the 239 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Miami:
Team record: 41-22 SU,36-26-1 ATS
Miami is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Miami's last 18 games
Miami is 6-0-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Brooklyn:
Team record: 32-31 SU,24-37-2 ATS
Brooklyn is 6-11-1 ATS in its last 18 games
Brooklyn is 3-15 SU in its last 18 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 6 games
Next up:
Miami home to Philadelphia Saturday, March 5
Brooklyn at Boston Sunday, March 6