Basketball Playoffs Betting – Game 5 – Heat at Bulls. The Miami Heat will try and wrap up the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday night but they are underdogs in basketball playoffs betting on the road in Chicago. The Bulls are 2.5 point home favorites in NBA basketball playoffs betting at Sbgglobal and the total on the game is listed at 179.5.
Heat Lead Series 3-1
Miami split the first two games in Chicago and then won both of their home games. The series tilted in favor of the Heat as they won Game 4 in overtime on Tuesday night. The Bulls led for much of the night on Tuesday but they didn’t make the big plays down the stretch and the Heat pulled out in the win in overtime. League MVP Derrick Rose has not played well in the past two games and Chicago has been hurt by his poor play. He shot the ball poorly on Tuesday and turned it over seven times. In the regular season the Bulls were the best fourth quarter team in the NBA but in this series they are getting totally outplayed in the fourth quarter by the Heat. In Game 4, the Bulls led by five points starting the fourth quarter but they blew that lead and then lost by eight in overtime in NBA basketball playoffs betting.
Game 5 Notes
The Heat is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 Conference Finals games. The Heat is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 road games. The Bulls are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 Thursday games. The Bulls are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games as a favorite. The home team is 8-3-1 ATS in the last 12 meetings in this series and Miami is just 5-12-2 ATS in the last 19 meetings in Chicago.
Game Total
The Over is 5-1 in Miami’s last 6 overall. In this series, the Under is 7-2 in the last 9 meetings in Chicago. The total in this game is 179.5 and that is exactly the same total that was posted on Games 3 and 4 in Miami. The oddsmakers really don’t know what to do with the total. Three of the four games in this series have gone over the total but Game 2 went way under in basketball playoffs betting and oddsmakers really don’t want to make a higher total.