Brooklyn will host Miami in the NBA regular season on Thursday, October 28. The meeting will start at 00:30 UK time.
Possible line-ups for the match:
Brooklyn Nets:
G – James Harden; G – Joe Harris; F – Kevin Durant; F – Bruce Brown Jr.; C – Nicolas Claxton.
Miami Heat:
G – Kyle Lowry; G – Duncan Robinson; F – Jimmy Butler; F – PJ Tucker; C – Bam Adebayo․
Brooklyn Nets:
Brooklyn Nets, with two wins and two losses, relies heavily on Kevin Durant’s performance.
In their last game, the Nets defeated Washington, D.C. (104-90) thanks to Durant’s 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists.
Durant is scoring 31 points in four games on average. His teammate James Harden has 17.3 points and 36.4 percent shooting from the field on average.
Point guard Patty Mills is third on the team’s scoring list with 14.5 points.
Kyrie Irving is still unable to play for Brooklyn due to coronavirus vaccination.
Miami Heat:
Miami is starting to look more like the team that reached the NBA Finals two years ago. The Heat opened the season with a 137-95 victory over Milwaukee as Tyler Herro scored 27 points.
The Heat could have continued their winning streak had it not been for an upset loss to Indiana in overtime (91-102 OT). Herro, by the way, was again the highest scorer with 30 points.
The day before, Erik Spoelstra’s team was confident against Orlando (107-90). Jimmy Butler scored 36 points.
Only Victor Oladipo is out until early November.
Brooklyn Nets vs Miami Heat statistics:
Brooklyn approached the free-throw line 22.5 per game last season, this season 19.7. In the three face-offs last regular season, this figure was 22.
Brooklyn Nets vs Miami Heat Tips:
The Brooklyn Nets’ players are expected to fight for the championship. Steve Nash has had a difficult coaching career in New York, but now he knows for sure that he can only count on James Harden and Kevin Durant.
Miami took points from top contenders in the previous championship and not much has changed since then, except that the club was strengthened by a true professional in Kyle Lowry. Now the team is even more dangerous, so they can impose their game even against such an opponent as the Nets.
Our first prediction and bet is the Nets’ win with the odds of 1.59.
We assume that no one will back down, especially since the teams have already decided their roles for the season and know what they want. The Nets will go forward from the start, but the Heat have to respond sharply. In that case, we expect a real spectacle and a productive game.
Our second prediction is total match points under 215.5 with the odds of 1.69 with the VBet bookmaker.