Los Angeles Clippers vs Miami Heat Prediction, 1/28/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Clippers vs Miami Heat

Date: Friday, January 28, 2022

Location: FTX Arena in Miami, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

FTX Arena is the location where the Miami Heat (31-17) will go up against the Los Angeles Clippers (25-25) on Friday.

The Clippers took the court against the Magic and went home with a win by a final score of 111-102 in their last contest. In relation to personal fouls, the Clippers walked away with 22 and the Magic finished the game with 13 personal fouls. They also converted 9 of 35 attempts from 3-point range. Orlando went 77.3% at the free throw line by making 17 of their 22 attempts. On top of that, Orlando snagged 31 boards (8 offensive, 23 defensive) and got 1 block. Orlando recorded 39 assists and had 29 steals for the matchup. Pertaining to the defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to shoot 45.2% from the floor on 38 out of 84 shooting. They also distributed 20 assists in this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 3 turnovers and getting 7 steals. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they earned 49 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Clippers converted 24 of their 27 attempts for a rate of 88.9%. Los Angeles ended having earned a 44.4% FG percentage (36 of 81) and made 15 of 29 shots from beyond the arc.

Amir Coffey is someone who played a role for this game. Coffey ended up going 41.7% from the floor and recorded 5 assists. He played 34 minutes played and totaled 6 rebounds. He ended up with 19 points on 5 out of 12 shooting.

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Los Angeles heads into this contest with a win-loss record of 25-25 for the campaign. They lose possession via turnover 14.4 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 18.6 fouls per game. As a team, Los Angeles is snagging 44.0 boards per contest and has tallied 1,158 assists on the season, which is 14th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. The Clippers are connecting on 36.0% on 3-pointers (621 of 1,725) and 79.1% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 105.6 pts per game (25th in the league) while going 44.8% from the floor.

Defensively, the Clippers have forced 14.1 turnovers per game while drawing 19.0 fouls. They surrender 32.8% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 10th in the NBA in opponents points per game (106.5). The Clippers defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 44.3% (2,013 of 4,548) and they relinquish 47.9 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They currently rank 20th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,187 conceded this season.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Heat got the victory with a final of 110-96 against the Knicks. The Heat recorded 31 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 38 for this game. They also turned it over 17 times, while getting 8 steals for this contest. The Knicks committed 17 fouls for this game which took the Heat to the free throw line for 22 tries. They were able to knock down 20 of those for a rate of 90.9%. When talking about shooting from distance, Miami buried 16 of 37 attempts (43.2%). In all, the Heat ended up going 37 out of 74 from the floor which had them shooting 50.0%. The Heat allowed the Knicks to make 35 of their 83 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 42.2% in this matchup. They finished 34.1% from beyond the arc by hitting 15 of 44 and walked away from this one shooting 11 of 17 at the charity stripe (64.7%). In reference to cleaning the glass, Miami permitted New York to snag 29 in total (15 offensive).

Jimmy Butler was important for the Heat for the contest. He knocked down 7 of 8 for this game for a field goal rate of 87.5%, and earned 6 rebounds. Butler scored 22 points in his 29 minutes on the hardwood and had 5 assists in this matchup.

Miami has a win-loss mark of 31-17 this season. The Heat are responsible for committing 20.2 personal fouls every game and they go 80.9% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 25.8 times per contest (6th in the NBA) and they cough up possession 14.6 times per game. Miami has accounted for 5,213 points for the year (108.6 per contest) and they average 44.4 boards per contest. When it comes to offensive execution, the Heat are shooting 46.1% from the floor, which ranks them 14th in the league.

The Miami defense concedes 35.0% on shots from beyond the perimeter (655 of 1,872) and their opponents are making 78.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 23.3 assists and 41.2 boards per contest, which ranks 10th and 1st in the NBA. The Heat on the defensive side of the court are 4th in the NBA in PPG given up with 103.9. They have forced 15.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 44.3% from the floor (9th in basketball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Miami and under the total points

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