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Heat @ Suns :

Terrible spot for both teams . Miami playing 4th in 5 days on a long West Coast trip( b2b) with the absence of two guards Willaims and Parker. The Suns are laos playing 5th in 7 days off an East Coast trip.

I would expect zero defense here. Typically I like to fade teams in there 1st game back home after a long trip. However I also like to fade teams in there 4th in 5 spot. Probably would think Miami is in the worse spot here playing PHO in a 4 / 5 spot.....so have to lean Suns here..

basically off a LOSS against a tired team I took the 1st quarter OVER 55.5 . Plan on taking SUns 2nd H so gambling the 1st H isnt so bad........nash himself talked about how tough it was to play a 4th in 5 (5th in 7 actually) on a different coast all on the road and Miami is in a similiar spot....especially shorthanded and banged up some...


Shaquille O'Neal added eight points and eight rebounds in 33 minutes, but again sat out down the stretch as Riley used Alonzo Mourning the final 1:07. O'Neal, who was critical of teammates earlier in the week for not getting him the ball more, has averaged just 9.4 points his last five games and 14.6 for the season - well off his career mark of 25.7 points per game.

"Zo is a little more mobile than Shaq right now," Riley said. "You could see that Shaq was laboring a little bit because of his thigh, so he was dragging his leg around doing the best job he could do. (Mourning's) a shot blocker, he's a big body and everybody knows he's coming. He gives our players confidence because he can get up there and he has such good timing."