Basketball Playoffs Betting – Miami Wins Game 4 in Overtime. The Miami Heat pulled out a 101-93 win in overtime on Tuesday in basketball playoffs betting against the Chicago Bulls to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Game 4 on Tuesday night was definitely the best game of the series and the most important and it was the Heat who pulled out the overtime win to cover the NBA basketball playoffs betting line at SBG.
Miami’s Big Three Takes Over
LeBron James had 35 points; Chris Bosh added 22 and Dwyane Wade made the key plays in overtime as the Heat won Game 3. It was an off game for Wade overall as he made just 5 of 16 shots but he blocked two shots in overtime and scored six points in the extra frame.
Rose Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
Derrick Rose won the MVP award in the NBA this season but in this series against Miami he has shown that he is not yet ready to win an NBA championship. Rose was just 8 for 27 from the field and turned the ball over seven times in the overtime loss. He was 1 for 9 from 3-point range and scored just 23 points. Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer each scored 20 points but there was no question that Rose didn’t play well enough for the Bulls to win. Rose was guarded at key moments by LeBron James and Rose was completely overmatched. Rose was hopelessly ineffective with James guarding him as he went 0 for 5 including 0 for 4 in the fourth quarter and in overtime.
Defense Winning Games
The Heat won on Tuesday night in NBA basketball playoffs betting because they played great defense in the clutch. Head coach Erik Spoelstra has taken a lot of abuse this season from many fans but the Heat are now just one game away from the NBA Finals and it is Spoelstra’s attention to defense that has turned the Heat into winners.
Bulls Had Their Chance
Maybe the Bulls will win Game 5 and send the series back to Miami for Game 6 but if they end up losing this series the Bulls are going to look back at Game 5 as the reason why. Chicago led 46-44 at the half and led throughout the third quarter. The Bulls had their chances at the end to win Game 5 in basketball playoffs betting but they didn’t make the key plays.