Still, I'm betting on the Miami Heat and I'm glad to take them as the underdog to win straight up.
I like that trust on your team, Miami has played a decent games even without Jimmy, so they're good, they might loss but they'll not gonna out their on the court without a fight. We know that "heat culture" , right? Coach Spo gonna dig all the potential of his players and bring that out on their last game in the season. Miami's gonna make the same journey last season while Jimmy is resting to heal that injury and be prepared for the playoffs.
Even if Butler is not available they have reliable guys that can fill his absence they had Bam which can dominate inside and Jacquez jr which can give perform well if needed also their reliable shooter Robinson and Herro which can also punish their opponent team on perimeter then and the rest is reliable players so we cannot really say that they are done since their star is out. So for sure we can see them perform so good and they have a lot of experience on crucial games and they are dangerous opponent for that. We see them knocked off the hot Bucks before and they are still capable to do that on their opponent. I'm considering to placing some bet on Miami since it will add the fun watching important games with bet placed.
Different though when you don't have the leader of your team in the floor. Yeah, there's Bam and Herro, but gonna be hard for them if the other side is 100% healthy and doesn't want to missed the opportunity to get in the playoff. But they are the slight favorite against the Bulls, so maybe the betting public still believes that the Heat is going to win. For the Kings vs Pelicans, the Kings is not the favorite because as reported, Zion is out, just a bad time for him to really get injured and he is the leader of the Pelicans and it's hard for him to watch at the sideline.