Miami Heat vs New York Knicks Prediction, 2/25/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Heat vs New York Knicks

Date: Friday, February 25, 2022

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: ESPN

The New York Knicks (25-34) will go up against the Miami Heat (38-21) at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

The Heat took the court against the Hornets and walked away with a win by a score of 111-107 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Heat left the arena with 23 and the Hornets finished the game with 18 fouls. They made 10 of 42 tries from three-point range. Charlotte shot 70.0% when shooting free throws by making 21 of 30 tries. In addition, Charlotte grabbed 41 boards (17 offensive, 24 defensive) and had 5 blocks. Charlotte distributed 58 dimes and had 27 steals in this contest. Regarding defense, Miami allowed their opponent to shoot 40.0% from the floor on 38 of 95 shooting. They also doled out 31 assists for this contest as well as forcing the other team into 4 turnovers and getting 4 steals. Pertaining to grabbing rebounds, they collected 56 with 15 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Heat buried 15 of their 23 attempts for a rate of 65.2%. Miami finished the game having earned a 40.2% field goal percentage (41 out of 102) and made 14 out of their 48 3-point attempts.

Kyle Lowry is one player who was a contributor for this game. He racked up 25 points on 9 of 16 shooting. He saw the court for 46 minutes and also pulled down 9 boards. Lowry finished 56.3% from the floor and also recorded 5 assists.

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Miami heads into this matchup with a record of 38-21 on the season. They are turning it over 14.9 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 20.6 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Miami is grabbing 44.8 boards per game and has earned 1,520 dimes so far this season, which is 7th in the league in terms of passing the ball. The Heat are shooting 37.3% on 3-pointers (789 of 2,115) and 81.2% from the free throw line. They are averaging 108.9 points per outing (16th in basketball) while hitting 46.0% from the floor.

When they are on the defensive end, the Heat have forced 15.3 turnovers per game and they draw 20.3 personal fouls. They are relinquishing 34.3% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 5th in basketball in opponents points per game (104.4). The Heat defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 44.2% (2,184 of 4,941) and they concede 41.7 boards per game as a basketball team. They rank 8th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,368 conceded for the year.

In their last game, the Knicks went home defeated by a final of 111-106 when they faced the Nets. The Knicks pulled down 34 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 44 in this matchup. They also turned the ball over 9 times, while getting 7 steals in the game. The Nets were called for 9 personal fouls in this game which got the Knicks to the charity stripe for a total of 18 attempts. They were able to make 16 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 88.9%. In relation to shooting from downtown, New York converted 16 of 43 tries (37.2%). When the game finished, the Knicks ended up going 37 for 85 from the field which gave them a percentage of 43.5%. The Knicks permitted the Nets to make 43 of their 98 tries from the field which had them shooting 43.9% for the matchup. They finished 32.4% from distance by shooting 11 of 34 and finished the game at 14 of 23 from the free throw line (60.9%). When discussing how they attacked the glass, New York allowed Brooklyn to snag 35 overall (16 on the offensive glass).

Julius Randle ended up having an impact for the Knicks for this game. Randle earned 31 points in his 37 mins of playing time and had 3 dimes for the matchup. He buried 10 of 22 in the matchup for a rate of 45.5%, and accumulated 10 rebounds.

New York has a mark of 25-34 on the campaign. On the offensive side of the court, the Knicks are shooting 43.4% from the field, which is ranked 27th in the league. New York has accumulated 6,198 points on the season (105.1 per contest) and they snag 46.1 rebounds per game. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 21.5 times per contest (29th in the league) and they turn it over 13.6 times per game. The Knicks are committing 19.9 personal fouls every game while shooting 75.2% from the charity stripe.

The New York defense surrenders 34.6% on shots from beyond the arc (771 of 2,227) and their opponents are connecting on 76.3% of their free throw shots. They have allowed 24.5 dimes and 44.3 boards per contest, which is 16th and 14th in the league. The Knicks defensively are ranked 8th in basketball in points allowed per game with 106.6. They are forcing their opponents into 12.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 44.5% from the field (6th in basketball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Miami

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