Miami at Brooklyn: (Mia -1.5 and 189) Home dogs getting fewer than 5 points are 11-3 ATS with John Goble, 8-5 ATS with Monty McCutchen, and a ridiculous 11-1 ATS with David Jones this season. These refs lean to the Over with these teams, but Jones has insane Over numbers. Jones is 21-5 o/u in games with totals lower than 195 points this year, and Brooklyn is on a 10-0 o/u run with him. This crew has worked two other games together this season, and both games went Over the total, with an average of 198.5 points scored.
San Antonio at Portland: (San -1 and 208.5) Mostly neutral trends with this crew. Nothing noteworthy.
After Game 2: The Miami Heat hosted and bested the Brooklyn Nets 94-pts-82 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1245 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 10-0 and a Game 3 record of 6-4. In series 1245, the Brooklyn Nets trail a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-nil for the first time. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the old “New Jersey Nets” had a series record of 0-4 and a Game 3 record of 2-2. Miami trailed Brooklyn by six points after one quarter of series 1245 Game 2. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, home teams trailing by six points after one quarter prior to series 1245 Game 2 had a 42-43 (.494) game record.
After Game 1: The Miami Heat hosted and bested the Brooklyn Nets 107-pts-86 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1245 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 13-2 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 10-5. The Nets as the “Brooklyn Nets” are trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil for the first time.