The Miami Heat will travel to face the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game set for Friday night.
Tip off time from Brooklyn is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN TV.
The betting odds from this NBA game have the road team Miami Heat favored by –3 1/2 points with a total lined at 193 ½ points.
The Heat falls 1-1 on the season following a 114-110 road defeat on Wednesday to the Philadelphia 76ers as a -10 point betting favorite. The game landed over 195 points. The Heat was up by 9 after three quarters then gets outscored 29-16 in the final quarter.
Miami shot 49.4% from the field and made 16 of 40 three pointers. Lebron James led the club with 25 points and 13 assists on 9 of 17 shooting. The team had 19 turnovers and allowed the 76ers to shoot 53.8% from the floor and grab nine more rebounds.
Brooklyn is 0-1 on the young season following a 98-94 road defeat on Wednesday to the Cleveland Cavaliers as a -3 point betting favorite. The game total came in at under 194 points.
The Nets shot 40.2% from the floor and made 9 of 24 three pointers. They were crushed on the glass by the Cavaliers by 11 rebounds. Brook Lopez led the Nets with 21 points and five rebounds on 9 of 18 shooting. On defense Brooklyn allowed 41.7% shooting to the Cavaliers with just 5 of 15 from three.