The New Orleans Pelicans (5-28) are underdogs (+9.5) as they try to stop 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 contest 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:

  Under (222.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 222.2

• The Heat have had more success against the spread than the Pelicans this season, recording an ATS record of 15-15-0, compared 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 eclipsing the over/under in 2024-25, Miami does it less often (53.3% of the time) than New Orleans (54.5%).
• The Heat have a .611 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (11-7) this season, better than the .115 winning percentage for the Pelicans as a moneyline underdog (3-23).

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Heat Performance Insights

• This year, the Heat are putting up 111 points per game (20th-ranked in NBA) and surrendering 108.7 points per contest (sixth-ranked).
• Miami is pulling down 43.5 rebounds per game (19th-ranked in NBA) this season, while allowing 45.5 rebounds per contest (25th-ranked).
• This year, the Heat rank 17th in the league in assists, averaging 25.4 per game.
• Miami is forcing 14.2 turnovers per game this year (12th-ranked in NBA), but it has averaged only 12.4 turnovers per contest (fourth-best).
• The Heat are sinking 14.4 three-pointers per game (10th-ranked in league). They own a 37.3% shooting percentage (seventh-ranked) from beyond the arc.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• The Pelicans are the third-worst team in the NBA in points scored (106.7 per game) and 25th in points allowed (117.9).
• New Orleans is 24th in the league in rebounds per game (42.9) and fifth-worst in rebounds allowed (45.7).
• This season the Pelicans are ranked 23rd in the league in assists at 24.5 per game.
• New Orleans commits 14.5 turnovers per game and force 14.2 per game, ranking 18th and 12th, respectively, in the NBA.
• The Pelicans are the second-worst team in the NBA in 3-pointers made (11.3 per game) and fifth-worst in 3-point percentage (33.5%).

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