11/18/2008 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwyane Wade scored 19 points and doled out 10 assists to lead the Miami Heat in a 94-87 victory over the Washington Wizards.
Mario Chalmers added 15 points and six helpers for the Heat, who have alternated wins and losses for the last seven games. Shawn Marion and Udonis Haslem scored 12 points apiece in the win.
Antawn Jamison had 25 points and 12 boards for the Wizards, who have dropped two straight since their lone win of the season. Caron Butler gave 21 and 12 in defeat.
The Wizards were trailing by nine late in the fourth, but Juan Dixon's layup started a streak of six straight Washington points that pulled the club within three, 90-87. Jamison followed with two free throws and a layup to close it out with 2:03 showing on the clock.
Marion answered at the other end with a jumper to make it a five-point game.
Wade had a steal on the next Washington possession and was fouled with 32.4 ticks left. He hit both shots at the line to make it 94-87, which essentially put the game out of reach.
The Heat jumped out to a 23-17 lead after the first quarter, and were up 43-41 at the half.
Miami tallied the first 12 points of the third quarter en route to a 55-41 advantage. Chalmers started the surge with a layup, Wade had four points and Michael Beasley closed it out with a jumper at the 8:40 mark of the stanza.
With the Heat up by 10 points late in the third, two free throws from Butler and a hook shot from Jamison cut it to 69-63.
The teams traded baskets and the Heat still led by six, 73-67, heading into the final 12 minutes.
Game Notes
Haslem ended with 10 rebounds...The Heat improved to 2-4 on the road this season...The Wizards fell to 1-3 as the host in 2008-09...The Heat have won 17 of the last 22 overall meetings with the Wizards. Washington had won two straight and three of four as the host in this series...The Heat moved to 5-0 when holding their opponent under 100 points and are still 0-5 when their counterparts score 100 or more points.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
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