The Miami Heat (7-9) visit the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Sunday to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers (9-6). Tip is set for 7 p.m. ET.'Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Heat vs. Cavaliers odds, and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.
The Heat are on the 3rd game of a 4-game road trip with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday to cap it off. They lost to the Washington Wizards on Friday 107-106, covering as 7.5-point underdogs.
Miami will be without its 2 leading scorers and will likely also be down C Bam Adebayo, the team’s most versatile defender. That will mean G Max Strus, who is averaging 15.5 points per game will be expected to step up.
While Miami is 4-12 against the spread (ATS), Cleveland is 8-6-1. The Cavs pushed as 10-point favorites in a 132-122 win Friday over the Charlotte Hornets. Cleveland is 0-5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.