The New Orleans Pelicans (5-28) will look to stop a 10-game losing streak when they visit the Miami Heat (16-14) on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Kaseya Center as 9.5-point underdogs. 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’s .500 ATS win percentage (15-15-0 ATS Record) is higher than the Pelicans’ .364 mark (12-21-0 ATS Record) in 2024-25.
• As a 9.5-point underdog or more in 2024-25, New Orleans is 3-6 against the spread compared to the 2-1 ATS record Miami racks up as a 9.5-point favorite.
• Miami’s games have gone over the total 53.3% of the time this season (16 out of 30), less often than New Orleans’ games have (18 out of 33).
• The Heat have a .611 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (11-7) this season while the Pelicans have an .115 winning percentage as a moneyline underdog (3-23).

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Heat Performance Insights

• So far this season, the Heat are scoring 111.0 points per game (20th-ranked in NBA) and ceding 108.7 points per contest (sixth-ranked).
• So far this year, Miami is averaging 43.5 boards per game (19th-ranked in NBA) and allowing 45.5 rebounds per contest (25th-ranked).
• This year, the Heat rank 17th in the league in assists, dishing out 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 NBA offensively (106.7 points scored per game) and 25th on defense (117.9 points conceded).
• On the glass, New Orleans is 24th in the NBA in rebounds (42.9 per game). It is fifth-worst in rebounds conceded (45.7 per game).
• This season the Pelicans are ranked 23rd in the league in assists at 24.5 per game.
• New Orleans is 18th in the league in turnovers per game (14.5) and 12th in turnovers forced (14.2).
• In 2024-25 the Pelicans are second-worst in the league in 3-point makes (11.3 per game) and fifth-worst in 3-point percentage (33.5%).

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