NBA Best Bets: Heat vs. Pacers Picks for January 2
Published 5:39 pm Wednesday, January 1, 2025
The Indiana Pacers (16-18) are just 2.5-point underdogs against the Miami Heat (16-14) at Kaseya Center on Thursday, January 2, 2025. The game starts at 7:30 PM ET on FDSSUN and FDSIN.
Hoping to make an informed wager on Thursday’s game? Discover the best bets available for this matchup (based on our computer predictions) right here.
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Heat vs. Pacers Game Info
- When: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
- Where: Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida
- TV: FDSSUN and FDSIN
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Heat vs. Pacers Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Heat (- 2.5)
- Miami has 15 wins in 30 games against the spread this season.
- Indiana has covered the spread 14 times in 34 games.
- The Heat have an ATS record of 9-5 as 2.5-point favorites or greater.
- As 2.5-point underdogs or greater, the Pacers are 9-6 against the spread.
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Pick OU:
Under (226.5)
- The Heat and their opponents have gone over 226.5 combined points in 14 of 30 games this season.
- The Pacers have played 23 games this season that have had more than 226.5 combined points scored.
- The average point total in Miami’s games this season is 219.2, 7.3 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- The average total for Indiana’s games this season has been 231.8, 5.3 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- The Heat are the 28th-highest scoring team in the league this year. The Pacers have scored the fourth-most points.
- The Pacers have surrendered the 29th-fewest points in the league this season, while the Heat have given up the fewest.
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Moneyline Pick: Heat (-130)
- The Heat have won 11, or 61.1%, of the 18 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- The Pacers have won in eight, or 47.1%, of the 17 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- Miami has a record of 11-4, a 73.3% win rate, when it’s favored by -130 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- This season, Indiana has come away with a win eight times in 16 chances when named as an underdog of at least +105 or longer on the moneyline.
- The Heat have a 56.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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