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(12-16) Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Pelicans (15-15)
Date: Sunday December 16
Time: 7:00PM EST
Venue: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA.
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Pelicans -7
NBA Betting Total: 221
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Miami Heat
The last time I wrote about the Heat it was getting ready to take on the Lakers having won the first two games of a six-game road trip.
Well, that trip ends in New Orleans and, despite losing to the Lakers and Utah in consecutive games, the Heat has gone 3–2 in the five games thus far and has a chance to get four wins in six against Western Conference competition, all away from South Beach.
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Justise Winslow was on an offensive tear, the finest three-game output of his young career, going into the Laker game. He’s slowed down since then, especially in Miami’s three-point win in Memphis the other night, when he scored just four points as one of the two starting guards.
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But Winslow has the ability to impact the game in a variety of ways when he isn’t scoring, unlike Goran Dragic, the All-Star who just hasn’t been able to stay on the floor this year, as he continues to deal with a balky knee.
Derrick Jones Jr. played another twenty-three minutes off the bench and grabbed eight rebounds and scored thirteen points. The scoring output was surprising for Jones Jr. but the rebounding is constant. His energy on the defensive end has carried Miami a bit through this West Coast swing.
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans beat the Thunder at home on Wednesday and has been off since then, resting up for its second home game in a row before heading out to play in Milwaukee on Wednesday. It’s been a light schedule leading up to the holidays for Anthony Davis and company.
AD put up forty-four points and eighteen rebounds against Steven Adams after Adams outdid him earlier in the season in their first matchup.
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Julius Randle had half that scoring with twenty-two and twelve rebounds. He’s been Davis’ sidekick of late, more so than Jrue Holiday, who got his twenty too.
Nikola Mirotic hurt his ankle last week against Boston and didn’t play against Detroit or Oklahoma City. He hasn’t practiced leading up to this game, which gives us reason to believe he won’t play for a third-straight.
E’Twaun Moore missed the Boston game and the two others since then with a calf problem but he did return to practice. It sounds likely that the time off has done him some good and he’ll be back on the floor, stretching the floor for a Pelicans team that could use additional scoring off the bench.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Under is 7-2 in MIA last 9 vs. Western Conference.
- Under is 6-2 in MIA last 8 overall.
- MIA are 6-14 ATS in their last 20 Sun. games.
- Head to Head: Under is 8-3 in NO last 11 vs. NBA Southeast.
Free Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Pelicans NBA Prediction: Pelicans.
The Heat just doesn’t have anybody nearly as good as Anthony Davis. I’ll take the best player at home.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: UNDER 221
NBA Free Score Prediction: Miami 103 – New Orleans 110
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