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 game 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 Pelicans (12-21-0 ATS) have covered the spread 50% of the time, 13.6% less often than the Heat (15-15-0) this season.
• Miami (2-1) covers a higher percentage of games when it is favored by 9.5 points or more this season (66.7%) than New Orleans (3-6) does as a 9.5+-point underdog (33.3%).
• New Orleans and its opponents have exceeded the point total 54.5% of the time this season (18 out of 33). That’s more often than Miami and its opponents have (16 out of 30).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Heat are 11-7, a better tally than the Pelicans have put up (3-23) as moneyline underdogs.

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Heat Performance Insights

• With 111 points per game on offense, the Heat rank 20th in the NBA. At the other end of the court, they allow 108.7 points per contest, which ranks sixth in the league.
• Miami is grabbing 43.5 rebounds per game (19th-ranked in league). It is allowing 45.5 rebounds per contest (25th-ranked).
• So far this year, the Heat rank 17th in the league in assists, averaging 25.4 per game.
• Miami ranks fourth-best in the NBA by averaging only 12.4 turnovers per game. In terms of forced turnovers, it ranks 12th in the league (14.2 per contest).
• The Heat are making 14.4 treys per game (10th-ranked in league). They have a 37.3% shooting percentage (seventh-ranked) from beyond the arc.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• In 2024-25, the Pelicans are third-worst in the league on offense (106.7 points scored per game) and 25th defensively (117.9 points allowed).
• In 2024-25, New Orleans is 24th in the league in rebounds (42.9 per game) and fifth-worst in rebounds allowed (45.7).
• At 24.5 assists per game, the Pelicans are 23rd in the league.
• New Orleans commits 14.5 turnovers per game and force 14.2 per game, ranking 18th and 12th, respectively, in the league.
• Beyond the arc, the Pelicans are second-worst in the NBA in 3-pointers made per game (11.3). And they are fifth-worst in 3-point percentage at 33.5%.

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