The Miami Heat and Boston Celtics will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 25.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:30 UK;
Venue – FTX Arena (19.600);
City – Miami, Florida, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+4) for Heat – 1.885.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 221 – 1.704.
The Miami Heat has an excellent selection of players. Erik Spoelstra’s men can play any opponent on equal terms. The Heat lacks stability at times, but they’re an unstoppable team overall. We believe that the Celtics cannot afford to take on such an opponent. Most likely, the weakened visitors will suffer another setback.
In the previous game against the Magic, Boston scored only 98 points. It’s unlikely they’ll do any better against the Miami Heat. The Heat s an excellent defensive line, so we don’t expect a high-scoring game.
The Miami Heat is playing in chess order: win-loss-win. Last game day, they defeated the New Orleans Pelicans (100-96).
In this game, we noted Tyler Herro’s productive play. The guard successfully returned from an injury and scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.
The team also had another victory over the New Orleans Pelicans (124-98) and Milwaukee Bucks (111-95). There were also losses to the Dallas Mavericks (90-115) and Atlanta Hawks (113-121).
The Miami Heat is in 6th place in their conference. This position gives them a chance to make the playoffs directly. The team’s win-loss ratio is 26 vs 22.
The Heat has won six of its last seven home games.
Five wins advantage over their rivals. That’s how many more games the Celtics can lose to escalate the battle for the Eastern Conference throne.
However, there were six. The Celtics were defeated on the road by the Orlando Magic (98-111). With this disappointing encounter, the team’s six-game winning streak came to an end.
The Celtics had previously beaten the Toronto Raptors (106-104), Charlotte Hornets (130-118 and 122-106), Brooklyn Nets (109-98), San Antonio Spurs (121-116) and Dallas Mavericks (124-95).
The Boston Celtics continue to lead the Eastern Conference. In 48 games, the team had 35 wins and 13 losses.
The Celtics are much more confident offensively at home (121.9) than away (115.3) on the season.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry – Tyler Herro – Jimmy Butler – Caleb Martin – Bam Adebayo.
Boston Celtics: Derrick White – Payton Pritchard – Jaylen Brown – Grant Williams – Blake Griffin.
Omer Yurtseven (Out), Nikola Jovic (Out) and Duncan Robinson (Out) are injured for the Miami Heat.
Danilo Gallinari (Out), Malcolm Brogdon (Day-to-day), Marcus Smart (Day-to-day) and Robert Williams III (Day-to-day) are injured for the Boston Celtics.
The fixture will be played at FTX Arena (19.600) in Miami, Florida, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 25th of December, 2023, at 00:30 UK Time.
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