Miami Heat at Charlotte Game 4 Odds and Picks
The Miami Heat continue steadily to dominate Charlotte and attempt to accomplish a four-game sweep of the host Bobcats on Monday. The Heat have defeated Charlotte 19 consecutive times - the final 18 since LeBron James joined the franchise - and are in position to sweep after posting a 98-85 victory on Saturday. The Bobcats are 0-7 within their short postseason history and center Al Jefferson will once more play despite a painful foot injury.
Teams that rise 3-0 occasionally experience a Game 4 letdown and Miami coach Erik Spoelstra moved to stop that after Saturday's victory. €We don't want this series to go more than it needs to go and leave anything to chance,€ Spoelstra said. Charlotte want to record that elusive first playoff victory to keep that from hanging within the franchise moving forward. The Bobcats have been held below 90 points in two of the three games and don't possess enough firepower to replace with a hobbling Jefferson.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, TNT, Sun Sports (Miami), SportSouth (Charlotte)
ABOUT THE HEAT: James has assembled back-to-back 30-point outings and is averaging 29.7 points on 56.9 percent shooting in the series. He's also contributing 8.3 rebounds and five assists while operating at his typically high level. Post player Chris Andersen was solid in Game 3 with 12 points and seven boards, a timely contribution considering center Chris Bosh had only eight points in his second subpar outing of the series. Bosh was 8-of-11 shooting in Game 2 and 7-of-20 in one other two contests.
ABOUT THE BOBCATS: Jefferson has been giving a yeoman effort considering the circumstances and is averaging 18.7 points and 9.3 rebounds in the series. Every trip running up the court is just a painful experience for the big man and not having their utmost player at full strength has turned into a hardship to the offense as Jefferson can't move from double teams as rapidly as normal. €He's a shell of himself but he's still a handful,€ Charlotte coach Steve Clifford told reporters. €They made it so difficult for us to get him the ball.€
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1. Often-injured Heat SG Dwyane Wade is playing typically 34.3 minutes in the series while contributing 18.3 points and 4.3 assists.
2. Charlotte has committed typically 14.7 turnovers in the series after averaging a league-low 11.6 in the normal season.
3. Miami F Michael Beasley (ankle) has yet to play in the series but did practice on Sunday.
PREDICTION: Heat 95, Bobcats 85
Teams that rise 3-0 occasionally experience a Game 4 letdown and Miami coach Erik Spoelstra moved to stop that after Saturday's victory. €We don't want this series to go more than it needs to go and leave anything to chance,€ Spoelstra said. Charlotte want to record that elusive first playoff victory to keep that from hanging within the franchise moving forward. The Bobcats have been held below 90 points in two of the three games and don't possess enough firepower to replace with a hobbling Jefferson.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, TNT, Sun Sports (Miami), SportSouth (Charlotte)
ABOUT THE HEAT: James has assembled back-to-back 30-point outings and is averaging 29.7 points on 56.9 percent shooting in the series. He's also contributing 8.3 rebounds and five assists while operating at his typically high level. Post player Chris Andersen was solid in Game 3 with 12 points and seven boards, a timely contribution considering center Chris Bosh had only eight points in his second subpar outing of the series. Bosh was 8-of-11 shooting in Game 2 and 7-of-20 in one other two contests.
ABOUT THE BOBCATS: Jefferson has been giving a yeoman effort considering the circumstances and is averaging 18.7 points and 9.3 rebounds in the series. Every trip running up the court is just a painful experience for the big man and not having their utmost player at full strength has turned into a hardship to the offense as Jefferson can't move from double teams as rapidly as normal. €He's a shell of himself but he's still a handful,€ Charlotte coach Steve Clifford told reporters. €They made it so difficult for us to get him the ball.€
BUZZER BEATERS
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1. Often-injured Heat SG Dwyane Wade is playing typically 34.3 minutes in the series while contributing 18.3 points and 4.3 assists.
2. Charlotte has committed typically 14.7 turnovers in the series after averaging a league-low 11.6 in the normal season.
3. Miami F Michael Beasley (ankle) has yet to play in the series but did practice on Sunday.
PREDICTION: Heat 95, Bobcats 85