Spartan

Miami Heat -6.5

I had a solid winner last week when I sided with the Heat when meeting the Wizards in Washington and I will gladly support them in the quick rematch back at home. As we have all seen in the early going a massive difference between the playoff caliber clubs and the pretenders lies in the ability to finish ball games. You will see many, many nights where lesser teams compete for 90% of the game and then fade down the stretch like a Clydesdale in the derby. Let's examine this game a moment, the Wizards have been bad on the road guys thus far this year losing by 11, 11, 12 and 16 points. Now they venture into Miami to meet a Heat team which is 5-1 and playing very solid ball. The Heat have dropped one game at home but prevailed in the other three by 22, 8 and 8. Actually they knocked off a very solid Nuggets team by 8 points and surely the Denver squad is far superior to this Wizards bunch. Dwayne Wade is on top of his game right now and playing as well as he ever has. We all know the NBA early on can be a strange animal but I love the Heat here giving only the 6.5. I look for the game to be close most of the way and for the Heat to put the Wizards away in the 4th quarter to clear the number for us.Take Miami.