Heat vs Spurs Odds & Picks (Dec. 17)
Miami was fined $25,000 for not updating the status of several players prior to the Thunder game. Kyle Lowry and Bam Adebayo were injured. Miami listed every player on their roster on the injury list for Mexico City.
The Spurs lost to the Blazers 128-112. Keldon Johnson scored 25 points. Doug McDermott had 14 points off the bench. Devin Vassell had 13 points, but shot 4-for-16 from the field. San Antonio is scoring 110.2 points per game, while Miami is one of four teams that scores at a lower clip (108 ppg). San Antonio's defense allows 120.4 points a game. Miami's defence allows the fifth-fewest points (109.8).
The Heat are the worst bet in the NBA, going just 9-19-2 against the spread in 30 games this season. San Antonio is in third place, but they're 1-5-1 ATS in their last seven games. Zach Collins and Jakob Poeltl are injured for San Antonians, so they won't play. Miami's roster fluctuates a lot, and they just eked out 1 possession wins over the 13th-seeded Thunder and last-place Rockets.
