Miami Heat vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 2/10/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Heat vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: TNT

The Miami Heat (35-20) are hitting the road to Smoothie King Center on Thursday where they will take on the New Orleans Pelicans (22-32).

The Heat faced the Wizards and walked away with a win by a score of 121-100 in their last game. Miami wrapped up the game having earned a 56.6% field goal percentage (43 out of 76) and made 18 of their 32 3-point shots. From the charity stripe, the Heat converted 17 of their 21 shots for a rate of 81.0%. Regarding pulling down boards, they compiled 37 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 29 assists in the game in addition to creating 0 turnovers and earning 9 steals. When discussing defending, Miami allowed the other team to shoot 45.0% from the floor on 36 out of 80 shooting. Washington earned 33 assists and had 25 steals in the game. Additionally, Washington totaled 26 rebounds (7 offensive, 19 defensive) and got 1 block. Washington finished the game at 91.3% at the charity stripe by burying 21 of 23 attempts. They also converted 7 of 31 attempts from beyond the arc. In regard to personal fouls, the Heat walked away with 23 while the Wizards recorded 16 personal fouls.

Bam Adebayo is one guy who came through in this game. Adebayo finished the contest at 63.6% from the floor and also distributed 4 assists. He played for 24 minutes and pulled down 7 boards. He accounted for 21 points on 7 out of 11 shooting.

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Miami heads into this game with a win-loss mark of 35-20 on the campaign. They turn it over 14.9 times per game and as a basketball team they commit 20.6 fouls per contest. As a team, Miami is grabbing 44.5 rebounds per game and has accounted for 1,425 assists this year, which is 6th in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Heat are hitting 37.8% from downtown (748 of 1,979) and 81.5% from the free throw line. They have an average of 108.9 pts per game (15th in the NBA) while going 46.1% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Heat are forcing 15.5 turnovers per game and they draw 19.9 fouls. They give up 34.6% on 3-point attempts and they are ranked 5th in basketball in PPG allowed (104.4). The Heat defensively are allowing a field goal percentage of 44.3% (2,034 of 4,592) and they relinquish 41.5 rebounds per contest as a squad. They rank 8th in the NBA in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,279 surrendered so far this year.

When they last played, the Pelicans got the victory with a final of 110-97 when they faced the Rockets. With respect to rebounds, New Orleans allowed Houston to snag 29 in all (18 on the offensive side). They shot 31.0% from three-point range by shooting 13 out of 42 and walked away from this one shooting 20 of 31 at the charity stripe (64.5%). The Pelicans allowed the Rockets to bury 32 out of their 86 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 37.2% in this matchup. At the conclusion of this game, the Pelicans walked away from this one shooting 42 out of 80 from the floor which had them shooting 52.5%. Pertaining to shooting from distance, New Orleans made 8 out of their 32 attempts (25.0%). They were able to make 18 of those for a rate of 90.0%. The Rockets earned 21 personal fouls in the game which got the Pelicans to the free throw line for 20 tries. They also gave up possession of the ball 19 times, while getting 10 steals in this game. The Pelicans were able to snag 35 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 43 for the game.

Brandon Ingram ended up being a factor for the Pelicans for this game. Ingram tallied 26 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and had 2 dimes in the game. He converted 11 of 17 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 64.7%, and had 2 rebounds.

New Orleans has a win-loss record of 22-32 for the campaign. The Pelicans are committing 19.6 fouls per contest and they go 79.2% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 24.8 times per contest (11th in the league) and they lose possession via turnover 14.4 times per game. New Orleans has earned 5,716 pts this year (105.9 per contest) and they grab 45.2 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Pelicans are connecting on 44.3% from the field, which ranks 25th in the league.

The New Orleans defense allows 36.6% on shots from distance (699 of 1,910) and opponents are knocking down 78.6% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 24.2 dimes and 42.4 total boards per game, which is ranked 14th and 4th in the league. The Pelicans on defense are ranked 16th in the league in points per game surrendered with 109.1. They are forcing 13.7 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 46.6% from the field (23rd in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Miami

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