[BookieOweMe]

Bulls arent ready for the Big 3

[ThaTopMoron]

nut uh, they have the MVP... and um, Deng scores some. Bogans shows up once in a while and hits a 3. Boozer... he is like an all-star. Noah!!! Korver never misses from 3, and that backup pg loves to take outside jumpers all day when he gets to play!!! don't forget about Gibson, he is beast.

Ok nevermind. Heat will win, yep. Probably in 4 or 5.

[BernardMadoff]

Locked up and threw away the key.

[d2bets]

Thibodeau over Spoelstra all day and every day. This will be a chess match.

[Bswitz32]

The Big 3 what? Babies? show offs ?

The bulls are the more well rounded team and with the MVP and COY they will put up a fight

BOL though

[Jrod124]

Bulls win this in 6...just my humble opinion

[gtboy]

miami will beat chi. mia is finally pulling together. i have got mia and dal. gl

[DarkMage]

Miami handled its playoff series with ease opposed to the bulls which had to fight against low tier teams.

Miami does look good to come out of the East but I don't see them being a lock and the Bulls have not even advanced yet.

[TheNew]

LOOOOL Bulls still have to win another game cmooonnnnnn

Dogfight tmwnight might leave Mr. MVP limpin

[BernardMadoff]

Thibodeau over Spoelstra all day and every day. This will be a chess match.

Too bad the coaches never step foot onto the floor.

[BookieOweMe]

LeJock will make sure he returns

[chantrain]

Bulls arent ready for the Big 3

[actiondan]

Miami has the best two players and 3 of the best 4 players. Rose will carry the Bulls to 2 wins, games 2&5. Heat in 6.

[chantrain]

see, thats the problem with Heat fans, they think just because the Heat have 2 of the best basketball players in the world then that automatically means they'll win everything.

Basketball is about match ups...see?

[thunderingherd23]

this should be a dogfight...I really hope the Bulls win....they do have homecourt.

[suicidekings]

Even if you like the Heat to win it, the current Heat -202 (Pinnacle) to win the east is too steep of a price.

[bornselling]

bulls are a tough team but havent played that way so far

[d2bets]

Even if you like the Heat to win it, the current Heat -202 (Pinnacle) to win the east is too steep of a price.

-202/+181, which has to figure in the remote chance that they face Atlanta. So I guess Pinny is saying that a Heat/Bulls series should be maybe 5 to 10 cents less. Maybe something like -195/+175. That seems about 40 to 50 cents too high to me, given what I would expect for game line coupled with the Bulls HCA.

What do you or others suspect that the Game 1 line in Chicago will be and what might the Game 3 line in Miami look like?

[JOHON8]

If you take -200 on the Heat you're a true square.

Ever heard of home court advantage in favor of the Bulls? You might get a better price on the Heat after they go down 2-0.

[d2bets]

If you take -200 on the Heat you're a true square.

Ever heard of home court advantage in favor of the Bulls? You might get a better price on the Heat after they go down 2-0.

Yeah, what do you suppose the line will be after the Heat are down 2-0?

[goldengreek]

Love the bulls in the series more and more each day

[suicidekings]

-202/+181, which has to figure in the remote chance that they face Atlanta. So I guess Pinny is saying that a Heat/Bulls series should be maybe 5 to 10 cents less. Maybe something like -195/+175. That seems about 40 to 50 cents too high to me, given what I would expect for game line coupled with the Bulls HCA.

What do you or others suspect that the Game 1 line in Chicago will be and what might the Game 3 line in Miami look like?

I would say that if you're paying more than about -140 on the Heat series price prior to Game 1, you're overpaying. My numbers actually favour Chicago by more but I'm adjusting for the Heat getting more rest and knowing that to win this series they absolutely have to take one of the first two games in Chicago. The onus is on Miami to overpower the Bulls, and if they steal one of the first two games, it changes the series a lot.

I would make it MIA @ CHI -5 and CHI @ MIA -3 with a total of about 185 at both venues, but the lines will likely be more like MIA @ CHI -3 and CHI @ MIA -5.