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Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Miami Heat at Smoothie King Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Heat as -11.5-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 216.
New Orleans was a 136-111 loser in its last match on the road against the Bucks. They failed to cover the +16.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 247 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
Miami lost its last outing, a 119-111 result against the Bulls on April 09. The Heat failed to cover in that game as a -2.5-point favorite, while the 230 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Miami:
Team record: 36-44 SU,37-42-1 ATS
Miami is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games
Miami is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games
New Orleans:
Team record: 21-59 SU,33-45-2 ATS
Current Streak: lost 5 straight games.
New Orleans is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
New Orleans is 8-3-1 ATS in its last 12 games at home
New Orleans is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
Next up:
Miami home to Washington Sunday, April 13
New Orleans home to Oklahoma City Sunday, April 13