NBA Picks & Predictions for Thursday
Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Thursday, December 17, 2009 in the NBA.
Orlando Magic at Miami Heat, 8:05PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
MIAMI is 30-26 against the spread versus ORLANDO since 1996
MIAMI is 31-26 straight up against ORLANDO since 1996
28 of 55 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games over the last 3 seasons
ORLANDO is 5-3 against the spread versus MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
ORLANDO is 7-2 straight up against MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at MIAMI since 1996
MIAMI is 16-12 against the spread versus ORLANDO since 1996
MIAMI is 17-11 straight up against ORLANDO since 1996
14 of 27 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games played at MIAMI over the last 3 seasons.
MIAMI is 2-2 against the spread versus ORLANDO over the last 3 seasons
ORLANDO is 3-1 straight up against MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Orlando is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing Miami
Orlando is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Miami
Orlando is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games
Orlando is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games when playing Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 6 games when playing at home against Orlando
Current streak:
Orlando has won 2 straight games.
Team records:
Orlando: 19-6 SU, 14-10-1 ATS
Miami: 12-11 SU, 11-12 ATS
Orlando most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Portland are 6-4
After playing Toronto are 5-5
After a win are 8-2
Miami most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Portland are 3-7
After playing Toronto are 6-4
After a win are 4-6
NBA Free Pick: Miami | Best Line: +4.5 SBGGLOBAL.com