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The Miami Heat will come into their Christmas Day game against the Philadelphia 76ers having beaten them four our of the last five times.
But Philadelphia has won eight of their last nine games overall. Miami is starting to get healthy again. They've won six of their last nine games.
The Heat opened as a -2.5 favorite. Favorites opening at -2 or -2.5 have gone 14-6 (70%) over the last two weeks.
Joel Embiid has an incredible 30 points and 10 boards in 13 consecutive games for Philadelphia. But fortunately for Miami, Embiid has been ruled out for this game with a right ankle sprain.
This might explain why we get Philadelphia with a number of 4.42, meaning the wrong team appears to be favored.
Tyler Herro has been playing solid basketball after missing 18 games due to a sprained right ankle. The fifth-year pro is averaging 27.7 points per game on 55.4 percent shooting over his first three games back. The books have listed Herro with an Over/Under of 22.5 points scoring Monday night.
Miami has won its past two games without star Jimmy Butler. He is questionable for the Christmas night game. Butler is on the board at the books with a total Over/Under number of points set at 21.5.
Total Points Prop
Bam Adebayo
Miami Heat
Over(22.5)
-112
Under(22.5)
-117
Caleb Martin
Miami Heat
Over(9.5)
+100
Under(9.5)
-130
De'Anthony Melton
Philadelphia 76ers
Over(12.5)
-103
Under(12.5)
-127
Jimmy Butler III
Miami Heat
Over(21.5)
-110
Under(21.5)
-118
Kelly Oubre Jr.
Philadelphia 76ers
Over(15.5)
-103
Under(15.5)
-127
Kyle Lowry
Miami Heat
Over(6.5)
-112
Under(6.5)
-117
Tobias Harris
Philadelphia 76ers
Over(18.5)
-118
Under(18.5)
-110
Tyler Herro
Miami Heat
Over(22.5)
-124
Under(22.5)
-105
Tyrese Maxey
Philadelphia 76ers
Over(30.5)
-115
Under(30.5)
-113
More Game Props
Team to Score Last
MIA
-114
PHI
-114
Will there be Overtime
yes
+1022
no
-10000
First shot of the game made
yes
-110
no
-121
MIA to make their first shot attempt
yes
-107
no
-126
PHI to make their first shot attempt
yes
-105
no
-129
Largest lead in game O/U 17.5
Over(17.5)
-107
Under(17.5)
-122
Both teams to Score 100+
yes
-589
no
+378
Both teams to Score 110+
yes
+132
no
-176
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
