Once Upon A Time in America Betting Show
Miami (18-18 SU, 12-22-2 ATS) continues a long road trip with a trip to Utah to face the Jazz (19-19 SU, 21-17 ATS) on Saturday night at 9pmET.
These teams met last season in November with the Heat winning both games.
With Miami, you never know who is playing. They lost at Denver 124-119 on Friday with Jimmy Butler (17 pts, 8 asst, 6 rebs) playing 38 minutes, while Tyler Herro led the team with 26 points. Butler (rest) is not playing, though at some point, you have to play for playoffs and higher seedings. Losing at the Nuggets is not a bad thing and they did hold Nikola Jokic to 19 points though he had 12 rebounds and 12 assists. But Miami's defense was awful as they allowed Denver to shoot 59% from the field and 17-of-28 (61%) from beyond the arc.
What a pass from Tyler.
We're back in the lead after Max's 3. Catch the final minutes on Bally Sports Sun ?? pic.twitter.com/dkM6svkiKk
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) December 31, 2022
The Heat had won two straight over the Lakers and Minnesota before falling at Denver on Friday. They appear to be healthy heading into this game. With BUtler (21.8ppg) out, Herro (21.1ppg, 6rpg, 4.6apg) will be the go-to-guy along with Bam Adebayo (20.0ppg, 9.8rpg).
Miami's defense used to be elite, though they are allowing 109.3ppg (4th). However, they are allowing teams to shoot 47.8% from the field (23rd) and 36.7% (25th) from beyond the arc. Rebounding has also been an issue as they are -2.6 in rebounding ratio. Offensively, they are shooting 45.2% from the field and 34.2% (24th) from long range.
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