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The Milwaukee Bucks vs. Miami Heat Game 3 has Milwaukee sitting at -5. The line has moved up a half point at times. The Heat is seeing 60/40 action on the spread.
Miami, which finished 44-29 in the regular season -- good for fifth in the Eastern Conference and 12 games behind Milwaukee -- is 6-0 in this year's playoffs. They have covered the spread in each of those as well. The Heat eliminated the Indiana Pacers in four games.
The Heat just barely squeaked by with a two-point win Wednesday.
Goran Dragic scored 23 points, Tyler Herro added 17 off the bench and Jae Crowder had 16 for Miami. Bam Adebayo scored 15 points, Jimmy Butler and Duncan Robinson each had 13 and Kelly Olynyk added 11 for Miami -- which is 6-0 in this postseason.
"Doesn't take a genius to know that we were going to try to get that ball in Jimmy's mitts and see what can happen from there," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "He was very patient. There were four seconds left. I think a lot of players would have rushed. He took his time."
The Bucks are 1-6 Against The Spread in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
The Heat are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up win.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
