The 28-12 Miami Heat will be the road club when they travel to play the 20-23 Boston Celtics in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time from Boston is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC. <br /><br />The odds from this NBA game has the road team Miami Heat favored by -3 ½ points with an over under line of 188 points. There has been no line movement in this NBA game since the odds came out a few hours ago. <br /><br />The teams met back on December 30th with Miami posting the 120-107 home win against the Celtics as a -6 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed over 187 ½ points. <br /><br />Miami is 10-9 straight up on the road this season. The team wins their fourth straight game following a 110-88 home win on Friday night to the Detroit Pistons as a -9 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed over 192 points. The Heat got it done in the second half by outscoring Detroit 50-37 in the win. Miami shoots nearly 56% from the floor and connect on 19 of 23 free throws. They force 19 Pistons turnovers. Dwyane Wade had 29 points and 7 assists on 12 of 20 shooting. The Heat is the top shooting team in the league hitting on 49.1% from the floor. <br /><br />The Celtics are running bad right now with six straight losses. They come off the 123-111 road overtime loss on Friday night to the Atlanta Hawks as a +5 ½ point underdog. The total landed over 185 ½ points. Boston chokes away a 29-10 lead after one quarter in the loss. The Celtics hit on 45% from the floor and give away the game with 21 turnovers. Kevin Garnett led the team with 24 points and 10 rebounds on 11 of 18 shooting. Boston is a bottom third team in the league in points scored and three point shooting as they average 95 points a game and 33.5% from three. Their lack of size down low to help Garnett hurts this club as they rank 29th and second to last in the NBA in rebounding.
