Brooklyn Nets vs Miami Heat Prediction, 2/12/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Brooklyn Nets vs Miami Heat

Date: Saturday, February 12, 2022

Location: FTX Arena in Miami, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

FTX Arena is the location where the Miami Heat (36-20) will attempt to defeat the Brooklyn Nets (29-26) on Saturday.

The Nets faced the Wizards and went home with a loss by a final score of 113-112 in their last contest. With respect to personal fouls, the Nets ended up finishing with 21 and the Wizards totaled 11 personal fouls. They also buried 11 of their 31 attempts from distance. Washington finished the contest at 88.9% from the charity stripe by burying 16 of 18 attempts. Moreover, Washington grabbed 31 rebounds (10 offensive, 21 defensive) and earned 3 blocks. Washington earned 41 dimes and had 29 steals in this contest. When discussing defending, Brooklyn allowed 50.6% from the field on 43 of 85 shooting. They also doled out 19 assists in the matchup while forcing the opposition into 5 turnovers and getting 6 steals. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they compiled 42 with 12 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Nets made 24 of their 28 shots for a rate of 85.7%. Brooklyn walked away from the contest with a 46.4% field goal percentage (39 of 84) and buried 10 of their 29 three-point attempts.

Kyrie Irving is a player who came through in the matchup. He recorded 31 points on 9 of 22 shooting. He was on the court for 38 mins and collected 5 boards. Irving ended up shooting 40.9% from the floor and recorded 6 assists.

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Brooklyn comes into this one with a record of 29-26 on the campaign. They are turning it over 13.9 times per game and as a team are committing 19.8 fouls per contest. As a unit, Brooklyn is grabbing 44.8 rebounds per game and has earned 1,383 assists on the year, which ranks 9th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. The Nets are connecting on 35.2% on 3-pointers (614 of 1,745) and 81.3% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 110.9 pts per contest (10th in the league) while hitting 46.8% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Nets are able to force 13.0 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.3 fouls. They are conceding 33.2% from 3-point land and they are ranked 20th in basketball in PPG allowed (111.1). The Nets defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 44.9% (2,245 of 5,002) and they surrender 44.8 rebounds per game as a group. They are currently ranked 11th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,315 conceded so far this year.

For their last game, the Heat got the win with a final of 112-97 when they faced the Pelicans. The Heat were able to corral 32 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 43 for this contest. They gave up possession 13 times, while recording 12 steals in the matchup. The Pelicans earned 17 fouls for the matchup which got the Heat to the charity stripe for a total of 28 shots. They were able to convert 24 of those for a rate of 85.7%. In regard to shots from distance, Miami buried 10 of their 32 attempts (31.3%). When this game wrapped up, the Heat shot 39 for 81 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.1%. The Heat allowed the Pelicans to make 36 out of 85 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.4% in the game. They finished shooting 26.8% from distance by going 11 out of 41 and finished the contest at 14 of 16 at the charity stripe (87.5%). When discussing attacking the glass, Miami permitted New Orleans to get 27 in total (12 on the offensive side).

Jimmy Butler ended up having an impact for the Heat in this contest. Butler had 29 points in his 36 minutes of playing time and had 3 assists for this game. He made 9 of 16 in this matchup for a field goal percentage of 56.3%, and added 8 rebounds.

Miami has a win-loss mark of 36-20 so far this season. The Heat commit 20.5 personal fouls per contest and they hit 81.6% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 25.9 times per contest (6th in basketball) and they lose possession via turnover 14.9 times per contest. Miami has tallied 6,101 points on the campaign (108.9 per contest) and they grab 44.4 boards per contest. When it comes to offense, the Heat are connecting on 46.1% from the field, which is ranked 13th in the league.

The Miami defense concedes 34.4% on three-point shots (744 of 2,161) and opponents are connecting on 77.6% of their foul shots. They allow 23.2 assists and 41.4 boards per game, ranking them 7th and 1st in the league. The Heat on the defensive side of the court are 5th in the league in PPG given up with 104.2. They have forced 15.5 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.3% from the floor (5th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Miami

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