The New Orleans Pelicans (5-28) are underdogs (+9.5) as they try to break a 10-game losing streak when they visit the Miami Heat (16-14) at 7:30 PM ET on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Kaseya Center. The matchup airs on Gulf Coast Sports and FDSSUN.

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Heat vs. Pelicans Game Info & Odds

• Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
• Time: 7:30 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and FDSSUN
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: Miami, Florida
• Venue: Kaseya Center

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Heat vs. Pelicans Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Heat 118 – Pelicans 104

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Spread & Total Prediction for Heat vs. Pelicans

• Pick ATS: Heat (- 9.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Heat (-14.3)
• Pick OU:

  Over (221.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 222.2

• The Heat sport a 15-15-0 ATS record this season as opposed to the 12-21-0 mark of the Pelicans.
• Miami covers the spread when it is a 9.5-point favorite or more 66.7% of the time. That’s more often than New Orleans covers as an underdog of 9.5 or more (33.3%).
• When it comes to exceeding the total in 2024-25, Miami does it in fewer games (53.3% of the time) than New Orleans (54.5%).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Heat are 11-7, while the Pelicans are 3-23 as moneyline underdogs.

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Heat Performance Insights

• This season, the Heat are scoring 111 points per game (20th-ranked in NBA) and ceding 108.7 points per contest (sixth-ranked).
• Miami is 19th in the NBA with 43.5 boards per game so far this year. Meanwhile, it ranks 25th with 45.5 rebounds allowed per contest.
• The Heat rank 17th in the NBA with 25.4 dimes per contest.
• Miami ranks top-five this year in turnovers, ranking fourth-best in the league with 12.4 turnovers per game. Meanwhile, it ranks 12th with 14.2 forced turnovers per contest.
• The Heat are 10th in the NBA with 14.4 threes per game this season. Meanwhile, they rank seventh with a 37.3% shooting percentage from three-point land.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• In 2024-25, the Pelicans are third-worst in the NBA offensively (106.7 points scored per game) and 25th defensively (117.9 points conceded).
• New Orleans is 24th in the league in rebounds per game (42.9) and fifth-worst in rebounds conceded (45.7).
• With 24.5 assists per game, the Pelicans are 23rd in the league.
• At 14.5 turnovers committed per game and 14.2 turnovers forced, New Orleans is 18th and 12th in the league, respectively.
• The Pelicans are the second-worst squad in the league in 3-pointers made (11.3 per game) and fifth-worst in 3-point percentage (33.5%).

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