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2021 NBA Handicapping
(11-14) Miami Heat vs. Utah Jazz (21-5)
Date: Saturday, February 13th
Time: 9:00 PM EST
Venue: at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Jazz -4.5
NBA Betting Total: 217.5
On Saturday, February 13th the Miami Heat will face the Utah Jazz for the first this season.
The Jazz holds the all-time record between the squads with 37 victories in 66 meetings. Last season these clubs met twice with each team winning one contest.
Miami Heat
The common mantra in basketball is it takes a team to win and the Heat arguably embodies that adage more than most clubs. Yet, it’s also fair to state one player can push a team over the top and make a palpable difference to their abilities.
That is certainly the case with Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. Through 18 games the Heat were 6-12 and mired at the bottom of the Eastern Conference ladder not even close to the play-in tournament spots.
Hit by COVID-19 Butler missed xx games and while he was out his squad posted lost eight of ten games. On January 30th he returned to push his squad to five wins in seven games.
They enter this match having jumped to the ninth spot in the East and look much more like themselves with their captain back on the hardwood.
Miami isn’t even at full strength as Goran Dragic has missed six of the last nine games with an ankle injury and is listed as questionable for Saturday. Avery Bradley (calf) will miss up to a month.
Tyler Herro is out of the health and safety protocols and cleared to play Saturday. Chris Silva (hip) remains out with no specified return date. Meyers Leonard underwent season-ending shoulder surgery.
Utah Jazz
While teams deal with contact tracing and positive COVID-19 tests the team that was hit by the first positive test (Rudy Gobert) seems to be avoiding the pandemic in season and is reaping the rewards of a deep roster, constancy and a top-notch head coach (Quin Snyder).
They enter the match on Saturday as one of two teams (Lakers) who’ve produced 20 victories and own the best record in the association.
Utah is also on a five-game win streak with a single loss to the Denver Nuggets their only misstep in the last 17 games.
Although the Jazz have been relatively healthy even in matches when Donovan Mitchell or Mike Conley haven’t played the team hasn’t skipped a beat.
Again, this speaks to the depth of the Jazz roster and because of the constancy the ability for reserves to step up and fulfill the open position.
To that end, Friday the Jazz easily dispatched the Bucks winning 129-115. Specifically, Rudy Gobert notched a double-double (27 points, 12 rebounds), Joe Ingles (27), Donovan Mitchell (26), and Jordan Clarkson (25) each contributed 25 or more points.
Conley (hamstring) and Elijah Hughes (ankle) are both listed as day-to-day on the injury report.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Heat is 6-4 in their last 10 meetings.
- The Jazz is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings
- The teams are 4-6 in the over/under in their last 10 meetings
Free Miami Heat vs. Utah Jazz NBA Prediction:
The Heat have the rest advantage, however, the Jazz starters weren’t overly taxed. Mitchell played 37 minutes while the other starters played between 30 and 35 minutes.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Heat +4.5
I haven’t fully bought into their Jazz dominance but it’s hard to deny their results. Conversely, I’m definitely on board the Butler train, and similarly to how I predicted the Nuggets would upset Utah, I feel the Heat could do the same.
Since the line opened the over/under has dropped by a point which might also hint at the potential upset.
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