Miami Heat at New York Knicks 2011 NBA Preview, Odds, and Predictions: Most Valuable Player LeBron James will lead the Miami Heat on the road to take on Amare Stoudemire and the New York Knickerbockers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night at 8:00 PM ET. The Heat enter the game on a one game winning streak and are 31-13 good for 1st in the Southeast while the Knicks are coming off a victory as well and com into the game 21-21 good for 2nd in the Atlantic division. This marks a stretch of 2 weeks that the Heats big three haven’t played together and with Chris Bosh out indefinitely look for the Heat to go small and have LeBron play some power forward.
“We want guys to play with confidence,” said James, who led the Heat with 38 points against the Raptors. “We don’t want anyone to play outside of what they can do, but we want them to play at a high level and play with confidence. It’s a great opportunity. We want C.B. back as quick as possible, but it’s given guys an opportunity to play with confidence.” “I think when we go to New York, they’ll probably have Mike Miller on the scouting report,” James said. The odds makers at BetUS have the Miami Heat a -3 1/2 point favorite on the road against the New York Knicks.
The Miami Heat blew out the Raptors 120-103 at home and is 20-23-1 ATS for the season. Forward LeBron James poured in 38 points to go along with 11 rebounds and 6 assist while Mike Miller broke it open for 32 points on 6 of 11 three point shooting and also pulled down 10 boards and 3 assists. Forward James Jones added 15 points and 4 boards while Mario Chalmers added 10 points and 9 assists and Eddie House came off the bench to dump in 13 points. Vegas odds makers have the Miami Heat +200 to win the 2010-2011 NBA Championship.
The Knicks were a 115-106 home victory against the Washington Bullets moving them to an impressive 27-15-2 ATS for the season. Center Amare Stoudemire poured in 30 points while pulling down 9 boards whiles his inside helper Wilson Chandler added 25 points with 7 rebounds. The total has gone OVER in 6 of last 9 games when playing at home against Miami. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 212 1/2 points combined of the Miami Heat and New York Knicks.
I predict a Heat victory on the road!
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