The New Orleans Pelicans (5-28) are 9.5-point underdogs as they try to break a 14-game road losing streak when they take on the Miami Heat (16-14) on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Kaseya Center. The contest airs at 7:30 PM ET 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 Heat (15-15-0 ATS) have covered the spread 50% of the time, 13.6% more often than the Pelicans (12-21-0) this year.
• 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 point total in 2024-25, New Orleans and its opponents do it more often (54.5% of the time) than Miami and its opponents (53.3%).
• As a moneyline favorite this year, the Heat are 11-7, a better tally than the Pelicans have posted (3-23) as moneyline underdogs.

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Heat Performance Insights

• The Heat are 20th in the NBA with 111 points per game this year. At the other end of the court, they rank sixth with 108.7 points allowed per contest.
• Miami ranks 19th in the NBA with 43.5 boards per game so far this season. Meanwhile, it ranks 25th with 45.5 rebounds allowed per contest.
• The Heat rank 17th in the NBA with 25.4 dimes per contest.
• Miami is top-five this year in turnovers, ranking fourth-best in the league with 12.4 turnovers per game. Meanwhile, it ranks 12th with 14.2 forced turnovers per contest.
• So far this year, the Heat are sinking 14.4 three-pointers per game (10th-ranked in NBA) and are shooting 37.3% (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 on defense (117.9 points allowed).
• On the glass, New Orleans is 24th in the NBA in rebounds (42.9 per game). It is fifth-worst in rebounds allowed (45.7 per game).
• 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 league.
• In 2024-25 the Pelicans are second-worst in the NBA in 3-point makes (11.3 per game) and fifth-worst in 3-point percentage (33.5%).

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