Miami Heat vs Toronto Raptors Prediction and Betting Pick. Miami Heat host Toronto Raptors as -3.5 favorites with a 197.0 line at 7.30 PM ET on Saturday, April 11 2015. Miami won nine of ten last meetings, Toronto taking a 102-92 home victory the last time these teams met, a month ago. They covered the -5 spread and that was the only time in last ten duels they were favorites. As underdogs, they covered the spread only twice.
Has Dwyane Wade (32) aged a bit?
Miami Heat are desperate and need to win all three remaining games to have a shot at the postseason after losing five of last six games. In last ten games, Miami were favorites five times, and covered the spread only once. Not even Goran Dragic can help this team now as Dwyane Wade is in a slump, hitting only 10 of last 37 shots.
Toronto Raptors are doing quite the opposite – they had to keep winning in order to get home court advantage and they did it. They won five of their last seven games. Now they got their All-Star guard Kyle Lowry back and are expected to perform even better.
Tale of the Tape
Miami Record: 35-44 (19-20 Home)
Miami Against the Spread: 33-42 (15-21 Home)
Miami Last 10: 3-7 (2-8 ATS)
Toronto Record: 47-32 (21-18 Road)
Toronto Against the Spread: 36-42 (19-19 Road)
Toronto Last 10: 6-4 (5-5 ATS)
Miami and Toronto Team News
For Miami, Luol Deng is listed as healthy but his sore knee means he was held to 3-of-13 shooting against Chicago. Dwyane Wade seems to be a bit tired. Henry Walker is questionable, and Shabazz Napier, Chris Bosh and Josh McRoberts are long-term absentees. For Toronto, Amir Johnson could return after missing three games with an ankle injury. Kyle Lowry returned to action against Orlando after missing nine of last ten games.
Heat vs Raptors Lineups
Heat: Udonis Haslem, Luol Deng, Hassan Whiteside, Dwyane Wade, Goran Dragic.
Raptors: Terrence Ross, Tyler Hansbrough, Jonas Valanciunas, DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry.
Toronto at Miami
7:30 PM ET, Saturday, April 11, 2015
American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Miami Heat vs Toronto Raptors Prediction. Miami Heat are relying heavily on Dwyane Wade and he can’t do it on his own this late in the season, so it seems. Heat have had their share of problems, especially in offense, for a while now. And now it got worse despite the addition of Goran Dragic. They likely don’t have the energy and creativity to beat the Raptors right now. Heat vs Raptors Betting Pick: Raptors to win. Heat vs Raptors Predicted Score: 88-95
