The Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 29.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 18:00 UK;
Venue – Spectrum Center (19.077);
City – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-6) for Heat – 1.965.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 227 – 1.555.
The Heat defeated the Hornets twice in November. They won one game by five points and the other by 17. It looks like the Heat can win again. Spoelstra’s men have played well in recent games. They shouldn’t have any problems against the Hornets.
The Charlotte Hornets cannot be called a fast team. In many games, the Hornets were too cautious. For example, the Hornets failed to break the 226.5-point mark in 3 of their previous 4 games. This is unlikely to be the case against the Heat.
The Charlotte Hornets picked up their third win in the last five games. The Hornets defeated the Chicago Bulls (111-96) at home. The win for the team came from Terry Rozier. He scored 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. It was the second-best result of the game.
The Charlotte Hornets also had wins over the Atlanta Hawks (122-118) and Houston Rockets (122-117). There were also losses to the Phoenix Suns (97-128) and Utah Jazz (102-120).
The Hornets have moved up to 14th in the Eastern Conference. The team has played 50 games with 14 wins and 36 losses.
The Charlotte Hornets are conceding an average of 118.6 points per game.
The Miami Heat continues its winning streak in the regular season. Four wins in the last five meetings. The winning streak now stands at three games. They defeated the New Orleans Pelicans twice (124-98 and 100-96) and Boston Celtics (98-95). In the last game, they defeated the Orlando Magic (110-105).
In the game against the Magic, Jimmy Butler was effective. He scored 29 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Miami Heat is entrenched in 6th place in the East. In 50 games, the Heat had 28 wins and 22 losses.
The Miami Heat has won their last seven head-to-head meetings.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Charlotte Hornets: LaMelo Ball – Terry Rozier – Gordon Hayward – PJ Washington – Mason Plumlee.
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry – Tyler Herro – Max Strus – Caleb Martin – Bam Adebayo.
Kelly Oubre Jr. (Out), Cody Martin (Out) and Dennis Smith Jr. (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Charlotte Hornets.
Omer Yurtseven (Out), Nikola Jovic (Out) and Duncan Robinson (Out) are injured players for the Miami Heat.
The fixture will be played at Spectrum Center (19.077) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 29th of December, 2023, at 18:00 UK Time.
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