00:00Let's get to the next game we'll talk about in the play-in rounds, which starts tomorrow.
00:03That's the Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets.
00:06The Heat of the Road team, the Hornets are the home team, and they're favored by 5.5 points.
00:10Now, typically, Joe, when we see a Heat game, we're talking mid-230s, high-230s,
00:14even into the 240s as a total.
00:15Look at that, sitting at 226.5.
00:18The favorite, Charlotte Hornets, at home here in the play-in round.
00:22What's your spread line for this game?
00:24Well, what it was, as I watched this game open, it was, what, 5, 5.5, Don.
00:29And then, all of a sudden, I watched it jump to 7, 7.5, only to get steamed right back
00:37down to the Miami Heat.
00:39And listen, Eric Spolstra and the Miami Heat, forget about what you saw in the regular season.
00:44They were just here a year ago, Donnie, as a 10 seed, right, having to win two games to get
00:49into the postseason.
00:50And, well, hello, that's what they do.
00:54Not a lot of experience here on this Charlotte team, but they are home.
00:58And, listen, the Miami Heat have been, they scored more points as a franchise this season than any other season
01:04in its existence.
01:06They're playing a different brand of basketball.
01:09But, boy, oh, boy, it is hard to look at this team.
01:11They'll be ready for it.
01:13They've been awful down the stretch.
01:15But, my goodness, giving them 5.5 or 6 points feels like an awful lot.
01:20And I think the market realized that once this thing got bet up to 7, 7.5, because here we
01:25are, Donnie, this morning at 5.5, even 5's now starting to pop up.
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