The Charlotte Hornets have won the last three games of their first-round playoff series with the Miami Heat and need only one more victory at home in Game 6 on Friday to successfully overcome a 2-0 deficit and advance to the second round.
The Hornets are listed as consensus 1.5-point favorites at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.
Charlotte became the first team to break serve in the series with a 90-88 win at Miami as a 5.5-point road underdog in Game 5 on Wednesday. Shooting guard Courtney Lee was the hero for the Hornets, hitting the game-winning three-pointer with 25.2 seconds remaining after making only 1-of-9 from the field overall previously.
Lee finished with eight points while power forward Marvin Williams had his best game of the series with 17 points and eight rebounds. They are 3-0 in the series since head coach Steve Clifford opted to go with a bigger lineup, starting Al Jefferson and Frank Kaminsky.
The Heat have not had much success lately at Charlotte, losing five of the past six meetings there. However, they did win 98-95 as four-point road underdogs on the betting lines at the sportsbooks at Time Warner Cable Arena ...
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