2011 NBA Playoff Odds (Courtesy of Bodog.com)
No. 7 Philadelphia 76ers (+12) vs. No .2 Miami Heat (-12)
Over/Under: 190
The Heat are heavy favorites to take the first game in Miami and near locks to beat the Sixers in this first round NBA playoff series.
For Miami's Big Three, the pressure is on, as they continue to try and fulfill their high expectations. While the overachieving Sixers, are just happy to be in the playoffs under new head coach Doug Collins.
Anything can still happen.
John Schuhmann of NBA.com writes:
The margin for error is small, but the Sixers have found success by limiting their mistakes. They don't shoot the ball particularly well, but they did have the league's lowest turnover percentage in the league and 11th-highest assist rate. On the other end of the floor, they had a top-10 defense.
The defense is the key, because stops allow them to run. That's when the Sixers are most effective and most entertaining...
The Sixers will need to do what they do best, play defense. The Heat have three All-Stars capable of scoring the basketball at will, but with Elton Brand manning the post and Andre Igoudala stepping up playing perimeter defense, they are capable of slowing down the high-powered Heat.
Celebrity basketball fan Jaime Kennedy think getting into LeBron James' head will be a big key to victory:
It's hard to find a bad thing to say about James' game, but if he has one flaw, it's that at times he's had a touch of John Malkovich Syndrome -- the dude just gets in his own head. For the best basketball player on earth, Bron-Bron has a fragile psyche. And if there's one fan base that can deliver the final psychological blows that send him to the shrink, it's Philly's.
If the Sixer contain Wade, who torched them this season, and get into LeBron head, a Miami team with Chris Bosh as the leading scorer doesn't exactly sound very intimidating.
As long as the Sixers play an efficient game and maximize their chances, an upset will be very possible.
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