Friday Clash Between Miami Heat And San Antonio Spurs

This weekend in a game between two of the top teams in the NBA, the San Antonio Spurs will take on the Miami Heat. Even though many people wish the team to beat in the league during the playoffs will be the Miami Heat, the Spurs have the best record in the NBA.

As of late, the Spurs have not been quite as dominant. Three of the losses have come within the last 10 games of their 10 losses on the season. By winning 9 of their last 10 games, the Heat have really been on fire lately.

In order to carry their team the Spurs rely on a lot older players. Many of their role players are on the decline of their careers and also Duncan is aging. If these players start to get tired after the all-star break and if the Spurs start to fall apart will be interesting to see.

Even though the Heat will need to start off the 2nd half of the season with a solid win, they have a great chance at winning the Eastern Conference. The Heat can’t afford to go on one of those streaks with the Celtics within their reach as when they lose they tend to go on streaks of losses.

In this game the Heat will need to limit the role that Tony Parker plays. The Spurs are very difficult to beat, when Parker plays at a high level. The Spurs will need a big game from Manu Ginobli to have a chance in this one; if Tony Parker fails to produce in this game.

For this matchup, basketball betting Odds will be released Thursday night.

San Antonio Spurs Meets Denver Nuggets AT San Antonio

In order to take on the Spurs, the Denver Nuggets will head to San Antonio this weekend. As the Nuggets will have to play both the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs this week, they are in a tough part of their schedule. On the season, the Spurs currently sport the best record in the NBA at 32-6. At 21-16, the Nuggets have had a solid season as well.

As both of these teams are known for being high scoring teams, this game should feature a lot of points. By scoring more than 106 points per game, the Nuggets have the second best offense in the NBA. At 105 points per game, the Spurs have the 4th best offense in the NBA.

In spite of the fact that many of their players are aging, the Spurs have found a way to improve their team. It has stifled many of the top teams in the league; they have a great interior defense that may be trouble for the Nuggets.

Nuggets’ bench scoring will be the key for them. Even though their team truly becomes elite when their bench players come in and put a lot of points on the board, they have some great scorers in their starting five.

As the Nuggets have one of the worst defenses in the NBA, The Spurs should be able to score at will against the Nuggets. Even though the Nuggets do have the tools to take this one from the Spurs, the Spurs will definitely be favored in this game.

Miami Heat at Toronto Raptors – Basketball Betting Preview

The Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat battle for playoff positioning as they face each other tonight.

The NBA betting odds favor Toronto (-150) by 3 points over Miami (+130) and the over/under is 205.

A Raptors let down is a big possibility as they are coming off of an emotional 106-105 victory over the Lakers. The game was a dog-fight to the end with the Raps needing hits on two free-throws by Hedo Turkoglu with 1.2 seconds left to go.

Miami, on the other hand, should be playing very ornery after just missing on an upset of their own in a 92-91 loss to the East-leading Cavaliers.

Both the Raptors and the Heat have been playing well of late. The Raptors have won nine of their last ten home games while the Heat have won five of their last eight and two of those losses came on the second game of back-to-backs.

Both teams already have a home victory in head-to-head games this season and their stars have had big games in both games.

Toronto plays really well at home and really poorly on the road so it is no surprise that each team has a victory on their home court and it is nor surprise that they are favored to win this one at home.

This is an important game for both teams as they jockey not just for playoff positioning, but to stay ahead of the pack of teams trying to chase them out of a spot. Expect a lot of intensity as they go head-to-head.

Heat-Raptors betting preview by NBA Basketball Previews. Visit NBA Basketball Previews for betting blogs on NBA and NCAA basketball.