NBA Basketball Odds - Washington Wizards at Miami Heat

The Miami Heat are off to their best start in NBA basketball odds for the past decade and they will look to continue their early season success on Tuesday at 7:35pm EST as they host the Washington Wizards. The Heat are playing excellent defense this season, ranking in the Top 10 in fewest points allowed per game. They are coming off a very impressive win on Friday 96-88 against a talented Denver Nuggets team as 1-point underdogs in NBA odds. "We're definitely excited and we definitely see we can be pretty good," guard Quentin Richardson said. "But it's all about continuously working and trying to get better. ... It just feels good to know that we're going out there and getting some tough wins."

In Friday’s win against Denver in NBA basketball odds, there were five players in double figures for Miami. "As I continue to keep saying, it's going to take that for us to be successful," Wade said, "I enjoyed it. I really did." Richardson is averaging 16.7 points and 9.3 rebounds over the last three games. Washington comes into Tuesday’s game having lost four straight and their offense has really struggled. They have not scored more than 90 points in any of their last four games. "We're just not there. We don't make that one extra pass," head coach Flip Saunders said. "We're taking too many contested shots. If we were a hockey team, we'd have no hockey assists - you know, the pass that leads to the pass." Washington has also been without injured starters Antawn Jamison and Mike Miller.

Miami has won the last five games in NBA odds against Washington. Last year the Heat routed Washington in their two meetings in Miami, winning by an average of 21 points per game. The Wizards are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 Tuesday games. The Wizards are 6-20 ATS in their last 26 vs. the Southeast. The Wizards are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games. The Wizards are 0-6 ATS in NBA basketball odds for the last 6 meetings against Miami. The Heat are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games. The Heat are 9-3-1 ATS in their last 13 Tuesday games. The Under is 4-0 in NBA betting for the Wizards last 4 road games. The Under is 6-1 in Miami’s last 7 home games. The Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Miami between the two teams.

Lanning's NBA Picks: The Heat have been playing great basketball and are 5-1 against the spread in NBA odds as a favorite. I expect the Heat to win this one easily and make six in a row against the Wizards in tonight's match-up. My NBA pick will be to take Miami at home laying the points to the UNDER in a 2-team parlay. Vegas odds at the MGM Mirage sportsbook have the Miami Heat -6.5 in NBA basketball odds against the Washington Wizards with a total of 188.