Washington Wizards vs Miami Heat Prediction, 12/28/2021 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Washington Wizards vs Miami Heat

Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Location: FTX Arena in Miami, FL

TV: NBA TV

The Miami Heat (21-13) host the Washington Wizards (17-16) at FTX Arena on Tuesday.

The Wizards played the 76ers and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 117-96 in their last game. Washington wrapped up the game with a 38.9% FG percentage (35 of 90) and converted 8 out of their 33 shots from distance. At the free throw line, the Wizards knocked down 18 of 28 tries for a rate of 64.3%. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they earned 43 with 14 of them being offensive. They also recorded 22 assists for this contest while forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and earning 6 steals. When it comes to defense, Washington allowed their opponent to shoot 50.0% from the floor on 43 of 86 shooting. Philadelphia dished out 50 assists and had 25 steals for the contest. In addition, Philadelphia collected 40 rebounds (10 offensive, 30 defensive) and got 1 block. Philadelphia shot 86.4% at the charity stripe by converting 19 of their 22 attempts. They made 12 of 31 shots from 3-point land. Regarding personal fouls, the Wizards ended up finishing with 18 and the 76ers recorded 12 personal fouls.

Montrezl Harrell is one guy who was a contributor in this game. Harrell finished the contest at 57.1% from the floor and also recorded 3 dimes. He was on the court for 18 mins and also snagged 4 boards. He ended up walking away with 15 points on 4 out of 7 shooting.

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Washington steps onto the court with a win-loss record of 17-16 so far this season. They currently have an average of 105.8 pts per contest (23rd in the league) while hitting 46.3% from the floor. The Wizards are connecting on 32.4% on shots from downtown (328 of 1,013) and 76.3% from the free throw line. As a team, Washington is pulling down 44.1 boards per contest and has 781 dimes on the season, which is 14th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession by turning the ball over 13.4 times per game and as a team they commit 19.1 fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on defense, the Wizards are able to force 12.1 turnovers every game while drawing 20.1 personal fouls. They currently rank 9th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 754 relinquished on the campaign. The Wizards defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 45.4% (1,320 of 2,908) and they relinquish 44.9 rebounds per contest as a unit. They give up 33.8% on 3-pointers and they are 19th in the league in PPG from their opponents (108.7).

In their last game, the Heat walked away with a victory by a final of 93-83 when they faced the Magic. In reference to rebounding, Miami allowed Orlando to get 35 in all (8 on the offensive side). They shot 31.3% from distance by going 10 of 32 and walked away from this one shooting 11 out of 17 from the free throw line (64.7%). The Heat allowed the Magic to make 31 out of 72 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 43.1% in this contest. When the game finished, the Heat ended up shooting 36 out of 89 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 40.4%. When it comes to shooting from 3-point land, Miami converted 10 of their 34 attempts (29.4%). They were able to make 11 of the free throws for a rate of 61.1%. The Magic earned 18 personal fouls in the game which got the Heat to the charity stripe for a total of 18 attempts. They also turned the ball over 13 times, while recording 7 steals for this game. The Heat corralled 31 defensive boards and 20 offensive rebounds for a total of 51 for the contest.

Jimmy Butler ended up being a factor for the Heat for this game. He converted 5 of 14 for the matchup for a rate of 35.7%, and added 11 rebounds. Butler earned 17 points in his 35 minutes on the court and totaled 4 dimes for the contest.

Miami has a mark of 21-13 on the season. The Heat are committing 20.4 fouls every game and they hit 78.7% from the charity stripe. Their rate of earning assists is at 25.3 times per game (8th in the league) and they cough up possession 14.8 times per contest. Miami has 3,639 points so far this year (107.0 per contest) and they grab 44.4 boards per game. As an offense, the Heat are shooting 46.0% from the field, which ranks them 11th in the NBA.

The Miami defense gives up 34.5% on shots from behind the 3-point line (459 of 1,330) and their opponents are converting on 77.9% of their foul shots. They have allowed 22.9 dimes and 41.6 total boards per game, which ranks them 8th and 2nd in basketball. The Heat on defense are ranked 3rd in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 103.1. They have forced 15.5 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 43.9% from the field (5th in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Miami

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