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801 | MIAMI | Pk | Over 185 | 802 | BOSTON | +8 | Under 193 |
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All Games | 28-12 | -6.1 | 20-20 | 19-21 | 102.8 | 51.8 | 49.1% | 47.2 | 96.9 | 49.6 | 43.7% | 49.8 | Road Games | 10-9 | -8.2 | 8-11 | 8-11 | 98.3 | 50.2 | 47.4% | 47.8 | 97.7 | 48.9 | 43.4% | 51.3 | Last 5 Games | 4-1 | +2.8 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 104.2 | 50.0 | 50.2% | 47.0 | 94.6 | 50.0 | 44.8% | 49.0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 102.8 | 51.8 | 38-78 | 49.1% | 8-22 | 38.6% | 17-23 | 75.9% | 47 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 5 | vs opponents surrendering | 97.7 | 49.2 | 37-82 | 44.8% | 7-20 | 35.6% | 17-22 | 75.2% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 98.3 | 50.2 | 37-79 | 47.4% | 8-22 | 36.8% | 15-21 | 72.9% | 48 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Stats Against (All Games) | 96.9 | 49.6 | 36-82 | 43.7% | 8-22 | 36.5% | 17-22 | 76.3% | 50 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 3 | vs opponents averaging | 97.5 | 49 | 37-82 | 44.6% | 7-20 | 35.6% | 17-22 | 75.1% | 51 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Stats Against (Road Games) | 97.7 | 48.9 | 36-83 | 43.4% | 9-22 | 40.0% | 17-23 | 76.9% | 51 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
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All Games | 20-23 | -11.1 | 15-25 | 20-22 | 95.0 | 47.6 | 45.7% | 47.6 | 96.4 | 47.4 | 44.6% | 51.7 | Home Games | 13-9 | -4.3 | 9-12 | 10-11 | 96.4 | 46.2 | 47.3% | 47.5 | 93.2 | 44.7 | 43.3% | 52.6 | Last 5 Games | 0-5 | -6.6 | 0-5 | 3-2 | 94.8 | 49.0 | 41.2% | 53.2 | 102.0 | 47.8 | 44.4% | 54.4 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 95.0 | 47.6 | 37-80 | 45.7% | 5-16 | 33.6% | 16-21 | 78.0% | 48 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 4 | vs opponents surrendering | 97.1 | 48.8 | 37-82 | 44.8% | 7-19 | 35.5% | 17-22 | 75.8% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 96.4 | 46.2 | 37-79 | 47.3% | 5-16 | 32.7% | 17-22 | 75.4% | 47 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 4 | Stats Against (All Games) | 96.4 | 47.4 | 36-80 | 44.6% | 7-20 | 35.7% | 18-25 | 72.7% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 5 | vs opponents averaging | 97 | 48.9 | 37-82 | 44.5% | 7-20 | 35.8% | 17-22 | 75.4% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Stats Against (Home Games) | 93.2 | 44.7 | 35-81 | 43.3% | 6-19 | 32.8% | 17-24 | 69.9% | 53 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
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| Average power rating of opponents played: MIAMI 95.2, BOSTON 95.4 |
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12/18/2012 | MINNESOTA | 103-92 | W | -8 | W | 200 | U | 36-77 | 46.8% | 34 | 8 | 37-86 | 43.0% | 66 | 19 | 12/20/2012 | @ DALLAS | 110-95 | W | -5.5 | W | 203 | O | 42-78 | 53.8% | 56 | 18 | 37-96 | 38.5% | 44 | 9 | 12/22/2012 | UTAH | 105-89 | W | -7.5 | W | 198.5 | U | 38-73 | 52.1% | 46 | 16 | 30-73 | 41.1% | 40 | 19 | 12/25/2012 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 103-97 | W | -2.5 | W | 204 | U | 38-80 | 47.5% | 39 | 13 | 30-71 | 42.3% | 50 | 16 | 12/26/2012 | @ CHARLOTTE | 105-92 | W | -9 | W | 200.5 | U | 37-81 | 45.7% | 50 | 13 | 34-78 | 43.6% | 53 | 16 | 12/28/2012 | @ DETROIT | 99-109 | L | -6 | L | 189 | O | 39-77 | 50.6% | 36 | 14 | 43-74 | 58.1% | 43 | 14 | 12/29/2012 | @ MILWAUKEE | 85-104 | L | -4 | L | 199.5 | U | 33-76 | 43.4% | 60 | 20 | 40-98 | 40.8% | 51 | 5 | 12/31/2012 | @ ORLANDO | 112-110 | W | -9.5 | L | 194.5 | O | 40-85 | 47.1% | 47 | 7 | 42-88 | 47.7% | 57 | 16 | 1/2/2013 | DALLAS | 119-109 | W | -10.5 | L | 204.5 | O | 42-89 | 47.2% | 53 | 9 | 41-94 | 43.6% | 56 | 13 | 1/4/2013 | CHICAGO | 89-96 | L | -7.5 | L | 189.5 | U | 30-65 | 46.2% | 37 | 12 | 36-80 | 45.0% | 54 | 15 | 1/6/2013 | WASHINGTON | 99-71 | W | -14 | W | 191.5 | U | 38-82 | 46.3% | 58 | 9 | 29-81 | 35.8% | 46 | 8 | 1/8/2013 | @ INDIANA | 77-87 | L | -1.5 | L | 187.5 | U | 28-68 | 41.2% | 44 | 14 | 33-91 | 36.3% | 66 | 9 | 1/10/2013 | @ PORTLAND | 90-92 | L | -3.5 | L | 194.5 | U | 35-77 | 45.5% | 51 | 17 | 30-80 | 37.5% | 54 | 14 | 1/12/2013 | @ SACRAMENTO | 128-99 | W | -7.5 | W | 203.5 | O | 45-80 | 56.2% | 41 | 10 | 38-87 | 43.7% | 51 | 17 | 1/14/2013 | @ UTAH | 97-104 | L | -2.5 | L | 198 | O | 39-72 | 54.2% | 28 | 14 | 36-76 | 47.4% | 55 | 14 | 1/16/2013 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 92-75 | W | -4.5 | W | 200.5 | U | 36-90 | 40.0% | 59 | 11 | 29-80 | 36.2% | 56 | 21 | 1/17/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | 99-90 | W | 2.5 | W | 207 | U | 40-83 | 48.2% | 43 | 6 | 31-72 | 43.1% | 57 | 20 | 1/23/2013 | TORONTO | 123-116 | W | -10 | L | 194.5 | O | 45-82 | 54.9% | 64 | 13 | 44-88 | 50.0% | 35 | 8 | 1/25/2013 | DETROIT | 110-88 | W | -9.5 | W | 192.5 | O | 43-77 | 55.8% | 41 | 12 | 34-72 | 47.2% | 42 | 18 | 1/27/2013 | @ BOSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/30/2013 | @ BROOKLYN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/1/2013 | @ INDIANA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/3/2013 | @ TORONTO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/4/2013 | CHARLOTTE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/6/2013 | HOUSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/8/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/10/2013 | LA LAKERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/12/2013 | PORTLAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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12/18/2012 | @ CHICAGO | 89-100 | L | 1.5 | L | 180.5 | O | 35-81 | 43.2% | 43 | 9 | 37-74 | 50.0% | 48 | 12 | 12/19/2012 | CLEVELAND | 103-91 | W | -9 | W | 191 | O | 37-62 | 59.7% | 43 | 14 | 36-88 | 40.9% | 48 | 9 | 12/21/2012 | MILWAUKEE | 94-99 | L | -5 | L | 191 | O | 36-94 | 38.3% | 50 | 14 | 36-83 | 43.4% | 72 | 21 | 12/25/2012 | @ BROOKLYN | 93-76 | W | 3 | W | 184.5 | U | 38-77 | 49.4% | 47 | 11 | 26-64 | 40.6% | 44 | 20 | 12/27/2012 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 77-106 | L | 8.5 | L | 189 | U | 29-72 | 40.3% | 45 | 18 | 41-85 | 48.2% | 56 | 8 | 12/29/2012 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 83-101 | L | 4.5 | L | 193.5 | U | 31-86 | 36.0% | 45 | 13 | 38-73 | 52.1% | 53 | 18 | 12/30/2012 | @ SACRAMENTO | 96-118 | L | -3 | L | 193.5 | O | 36-86 | 41.9% | 43 | 12 | 44-82 | 53.7% | 52 | 13 | 1/2/2013 | MEMPHIS | 83-93 | L | 2.5 | L | 180 | U | 32-71 | 45.1% | 37 | 10 | 34-71 | 47.9% | 49 | 13 | 1/4/2013 | INDIANA | 94-75 | W | -3 | W | 181.5 | U | 40-89 | 44.9% | 64 | 14 | 27-85 | 31.8% | 62 | 18 | 1/5/2013 | @ ATLANTA | 89-81 | W | 5.5 | W | 187 | U | 39-85 | 45.9% | 50 | 12 | 28-68 | 41.2% | 44 | 18 | 1/7/2013 | @ NEW YORK | 102-96 | W | 7.5 | W | 191.5 | O | 39-74 | 52.7% | 38 | 10 | 31-76 | 40.8% | 50 | 13 | 1/9/2013 | PHOENIX | 87-79 | W | -8.5 | L | 191.5 | U | 37-81 | 45.7% | 49 | 13 | 33-84 | 39.3% | 55 | 16 | 1/11/2013 | HOUSTON | 103-91 | W | -3 | W | 201.5 | U | 41-79 | 51.9% | 52 | 16 | 35-80 | 43.7% | 52 | 14 | 1/14/2013 | CHARLOTTE | 100-89 | W | -10.5 | W | 192.5 | U | 39-80 | 48.7% | 52 | 14 | 33-79 | 41.8% | 48 | 13 | 1/16/2013 | NEW ORLEANS | 78-90 | L | -8.5 | L | 182 | U | 34-74 | 45.9% | 40 | 15 | 31-71 | 43.7% | 55 | 17 | 1/18/2013 | CHICAGO | 99-100 | L | -2.5 | L | 181.5 | O | 38-91 | 41.8% | 55 | 11 | 36-75 | 48.0% | 54 | 21 | 1/20/2013 | @ DETROIT | 88-103 | L | -2 | L | 184 | O | 33-83 | 39.8% | 49 | 18 | 36-78 | 46.2% | 59 | 20 | 1/22/2013 | @ CLEVELAND | 90-95 | L | -4.5 | L | 190 | U | 32-84 | 38.1% | 55 | 16 | 37-82 | 45.1% | 48 | 13 | 1/24/2013 | NEW YORK | 86-89 | L | 1.5 | L | 189.5 | U | 31-76 | 40.8% | 52 | 12 | 32-83 | 38.6% | 54 | 10 | 1/25/2013 | @ ATLANTA | 111-123 | L | 5.5 | L | 185 | O | 42-93 | 45.2% | 55 | 21 | 42-94 | 44.7% | 57 | 12 | 1/27/2013 | MIAMI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/30/2013 | SACRAMENTO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/1/2013 | ORLANDO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/3/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/6/2013 | @ TORONTO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/7/2013 | LA LAKERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/10/2013 | DENVER | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/11/2013 | @ CHARLOTTE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | MIAMI: GUARDS: The regular season goal for DWYANE WADE is to just stay healthy. Even following knee surgery, he's still good enough to pile up numbers, but the minutes won't be there in the regular season . . . That's why the Heat brought in RAY ALLEN. He and Wade will share the floor at times, but Allen should primarily play off the bench. His role will be to knock down the wide-open threes Wade and LeBron James create . . . After all the big plays he made in the postseason, MARIO CHALMERS is entrenched as the starting point guard, despite being plagued by a bad hammy in the preseason . . . Super-quick NORRIS COLE looks like he'll become one of the NBA's better backup point guards . . . If he doesn't retire, the absurdly brittle MIKE MILLER will see limited regular-season minutes . . . TERREL HARRIS will likely make the team because he's willing to play defense. FORWARDS: While another title is their No. 1 priority, LeBRON JAMES has shown no need to rest during the regular season. He'll play full-time minutes and be in the thick of the MVP race . . . CHRIS BOSH remains integral to the offense with his ability to pull opposing bigs away from the basket. His stats don't reflect his actual value . . . SHANE BATTIER will continue to be a defensive specialist whose offensive role is limited to shooting open threes . . . UDONIS HASLEM is another guy who will get held back in the regular season. He should lead their low-post rotation . . . RASHARD LEWIS' knee problems have robbed him of athleticism . . . But Lewis should beat out fellow shooter JAMES JONES for a rotation spot . . . JARVIS VARNADO is a shot-blocking force with little to no offensive game. CENTERS: JOEL ANTHONY will continue to tag-team with Haslem in the middle. Anthony is an absolute negative on the offensive end, but he brings more size and shot-blocking than Haslem . . . DEXTER PITTMAN will be battling for a roster spot. Sexy Dexy has shown no signs of being an NBA-caliber player so far in his career . . . MICKELL GLADNESS is a better alternative than Pittman on both ends of the floor. | | BOSTON: GUARDS: This offense now belongs to RAJON RONDO, and that should be especially true during the regular season . . . Even if he comes off the bench, JASON TERRY figures to see the bulk of the minutes at shooting guard. He provides some much-needed outside shooting after Ray Allen left and should challenge Paul Pierce for the team lead in shot attempts . . . Adding COURTNEY LEE was more of a move for the future. He's a fine young second-unit player for now and should be an heir apparent on one of the wings . . . AVERY BRADLEY could be out until December after shoulder surgery. As Boston's best perimeter defensive player, he could reclaim his starting job in the season's second half . . . The addition of LEANDRO BARBOSA gives Boston another veteran who can create his own offense in the second unit, something that was sorely missing in last year's playoff run. FORWARDS: PAUL PIERCE quietly had a great regular season last year. Though with some improved depth behind him, Rivers might have his 35-year-old All-Star wing rest more often . . . BRANDON BASS gives them another scoring option, even if he does struggle on the defensive end. He'll get full-time minutes only in certain matchups as long as the frontcourt is healthy . . . JEFF GREEN's heart condition is no longer a concern, but the tweener's role in Boston after a year off is cause for worry . . . There are already question marks surrounding rookie JARED SULLINGER's back. He's very similar to Bass: He can score out to mid-range but doesn't play much defense. Expect him to be strictly a second-unit player in his first NBA season . . . CHRIS WILCOX will provide fouls off the bench when healthy. CENTERS: The Celtics are prepared to go with KEVIN GARNETT in the middle, which was the case when they were at their best last season. His role on offense is still knocking down mid-range jumpers, and he's still an elite defensive player . . . Professional flopper JASON COLLINS will fill in nicely for the departed Greg Stiemsma . . . FAB MELO is years away from being ready to contribute (if he actually is ever ready to contribute) and DARKO MILICIC was also added via free agency for more frontcourt depth. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER PRO BASKETBALL PREVIEW (MIAMI-BOSTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Updates. With AP Photos.)
*Heat-Celtics Preview* ======================
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer
Miami (28-12) at Boston (20-23), 1:00 p.m. EDT
MIAMI (AP) -- Ray Allen has played in Boston as an opponent 15 times before. He knows what it's like to play under the fabled Celtics banners, knows exactly how the crowd treats visiting players.
His 16th appearance there as a visitor will be substantially different.
Not only will his trip there Sunday be his first as a former Celtic, but it will come with him donning the colors of perhaps the team's biggest rival these days, the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat, the club that has ousted Boston from the playoffs in each of the last two seasons.
And make no mistake, Allen has been getting ready for everything that will accompany this trip for quite a while.
"I've thought about it," Allen said. "I think more about who, family-wise, is going, who can go and sorting the whole protocol out. I don't know what to expect from their side. But it's an interesting concept because I've always gotten a warm welcome, even before I started playing there. I just want to win. Everything else will take care of itself."
When he played there as an opponent in the past, Allen typically got warm receptions. He starred at Connecticut and has deep roots in New England, and those two things go a long way in generating respect from the Boston fan base.
Then he joined the Celtics in the summer of 2007. A year later, he helped them win a championship. He bled green.
Now, not so much.
So on a Sunday afternoon before a national television audience, the big story won't be the return of the Heat to the site of their season-saving Game 6 win in the Eastern Conference finals last year, or the first trip back to Boston for LeBron James since his epic 45-point virtuoso performance in that game, or even the memory of how Celtics fans cheered wildly for the last few minutes of that blowout loss as a "thank you" to their team.
"It's going to be all about Ray," Heat forward Chris Bosh said. "Celtic fans, they're very fixated on the rivalry and `How could you do that?' They're very passionate."
Allen's relationship with the Celtics broke down in some respects last season, and when the Heat made him an offer last summer, he eventually accepted - knowing it would raise the ire of those back in Boston.
When the Celtics visited the Heat on opening night this season, the proof of the frosty relationships was there. Former teammates, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce especially, seemed to want nothing to do with Allen. As Allen checked into the game, his first official appearance as a Miami player, he approached Celtics coach Doc Rivers and got a warm embrace.
It's anyone's guess what the scene will be when he checks in Sunday.
"I'll savor it, going back and seeing the people you spent so much time with," Allen said. "But if you're going into a situation thinking about negative perceptions or behavior that's unbecoming of good sportsmanship, then you just want to get it over with, win the game and get out of there. I don't want it to distract these guys from everybody doing their job and being ready to play."
The bigger concern for both sides will likely be the way each club is playing of late.
Miami has won four straight games, hanging on to the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Boston has dropped six straight, and its hold on the No. 8 - and final - playoff spot in the East race is weakening.
Dwyane Wade doesn't think the teams' opposite trajectories will matter much. The way he sees it, when Boston plays Miami, everything gets amped up several notches.
"There's a lot of stories, but you can throw records out the window when we play Boston," Wade said. "It's significant because we have Ray Allen and it's his first time back, but we're going on the road and we want to play well and it's a tough place to play."
The Heat have been through these former-star-returns-to-old-home games before - most notably when James went back to Cleveland for the first time after he decided to sign with Miami.
After that scene, the Heat say they're prepared for anything Boston can offer.
"They're not going to cheer him, but it's not going to be like that," Wade said. "Not even close."
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