Miami Herald · Aug 6, 2018
Oddsmakers, experts set predicted win total for Heat. Plus, Whiteside, Adebayo notes
The Miami Heat’s relatively quiet offseason isn’t winning any of the experts over.
Less than a week after ESPN’s analytics department led by Kevin Pelton predicted the Heat to finish with 44.8 wins, which would have them finishing as the sixth seed again in the Eastern Conference, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Sunday set the Heat’s over/under line for wins at 41.5, which projects Miami seventh in the East.
The Heat won 44 games and the Southeast Division last season and is bringing back basically the same team after re-signing Wayne Ellington and Derrick Jones Jr. this summer and adding undrafted rookies Yante Maten and Duncan Robinson on two-way contracts.
