Miami vs Phoenix
Miami -1 -110 over Phoenix

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Posted at 10:00 AM EST

Miami -1 -110 over Phoenix

7:30 PM EST. The Suns remain the sole undefeated team that has won and covered every game they have played since the NBA got back to work. Phoenix is 4-0 straight up and 4-0 ATS since play resumed. We all know what that means: Sell high

Los Suns come into this contest as perhaps one of Return to Play’s revelations, as the team with a Gorilla for a mascot and the center of our solar system as a logo have put together an uncanny run of victories that place them 2½-games out of eighth place and just 1½-games out of ninth place. The storyline surrounding Phoenix’s run is simple. Should it win its remaining four games (and that is a huge if) and get a little bit of help, the Suns can at minimum snag a play-in series berth as a nine seed after starting the campaign resumption six games back from eight-seed Memphis. A team that was essentially on the bubble of making the bubble (if the Suns were a half-game further back of the Grizzlies when NBA play continued, they would have not been invited to Orlando) could find itself potentially in the middle of the postseason mix after being one-year removed from being the team with the worst record in the Western Conference in the 2018-2019 season.

It’s a feel good story in the middle of a pandemic but we must look the other way. After all, there are a lot of ifs to Phoenix even making it past the Heat before we can even get into the scenario of what is required for the Suns to earn a “play-in series” berth as a nine seed.

The Suns opened the seeding games with a win against the maligned Washington Wizards. That’s not saying much considering the Wizards have yet to win a game since they have been in Orlando. Phoenix would follow that up with a 117-115 upset of the Dallas Mavericks (as a six-point underdog), then like a series of dominos after that, the Suns would pull a buzzer-beater shocker of the Los Angeles Clippers as an 8½-point underdog. Then, most recently on Thursday, Phoenix would put together a dominant win against the Indiana Pacers, with a 114-99 victory despite closing as a 1½-point pup in that affair. Two things can be deciphered from the aforementioned results. First, the market undervalued Phoenix and Suns’ backers cashed in big. Or perhaps the Mavericks, Clippers, and Pacers were caught looking past the Suns and got bit in the backside for doing so. Let’s not forget that Phoenix squeaked by Dallas after it thumped a team that didn’t belong in Orlando to begin with; the Clip Joint stubbed their toe, as they are already busy focusing on the postseason itself, and the Pacers probably thought the Suns would be an easier out since Phoenix needed theatrics to get past Los Angeles. The Heat however, won't make the same mistake.

Miami has been trying to make its case as a viable threat in the Eastern Conference. The Heat have looked quite formidable and placed plenty of verity in such a claim in their play overall. Miami boasts a blow-out win over the Denver Nuggets, staged an outright upset of the Boston Celtics, and went muzzle-to-muzzle with the defending Champion Toronto Raptors in a narrow loss. Most recently, Miami was an appealing dog against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday and failed to take its backers to the window. However, the Deer were being short-sold due to a nasty hiccup in its previous outing against Brooklyn and thus set the stage for their opponent to suffer a short-fall in Milwaukee’s follow-up. Nevertheless, Miami is now likely the one being short-sold here and that provides us with this outstanding buy low/sell high opportunity.

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Our Pick

Miami -1 -110 (Risking 2.20 units - To Win: 2.00)

Atlanta +17½ +102 over Boston