Miami Heat vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction, 1/5/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Heat vs Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Location: Moda Center in Portland, OR

TV: ROOT SPORTS

The Miami Heat (23-15) are traveling to Moda Center on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (14-22).

The Heat took the court against the Warriors and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 115-108 in their last contest. In the matter of fouls, the Heat left the arena with 13 and the Warriors totaled 12 fouls. They buried 14 out of their 38 attempts from distance. Golden State finished shooting 84.6% at the charity stripe by knocking down 11 of 13 tries. Furthermore, Golden State grabbed 36 rebounds (7 offensive, 29 defensive) and earned 2 rejections. Golden State recorded 43 dimes and had 39 steals in this contest. Regarding defense, Miami let their opponent shoot 48.9% from the floor on 45 out of 92 shooting. They also distributed 24 assists in the game while forcing the other team into 6 turnovers and earning 5 steals. With respect to grabbing rebounds, they earned 49 with 11 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Heat knocked down 17 of 19 tries for a rate of 89.5%. Miami finished the game having earned a 41.1% FG percentage (37 of 90) and converted 17 out of their 42 shots from 3-point land.

Jimmy Butler is a player who was a major contributor for this game. He scored 22 points on 7 of 14 shooting. He played for 28 minutes and snagged 5 rebounds. Butler finished the game at 50.0% from the floor and earned 3 assists.

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Miami will enter this game with a mark of 23-15 for the season. They lose possession by turning the ball over 14.5 times per game and as a unit they are committing 19.9 fouls per contest. As a team, Miami is pulling down 44.6 rebounds per contest and has totaled 958 dimes so far this season, which has them ranked 4th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. The Heat are hitting 37.0% on 3-pointers (504 of 1,363) and 79.9% from the free throw line. They have an average of 107.9 pts per contest (16th in the league) while shooting 45.8% from the floor.

Defensively, the Heat are able to force 15.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 19.8 personal fouls. They currently rank 19th in the league in allowing assists with 895 relinquished for the season. The Heat defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 44.4% (1,413 of 3,184) and they concede 41.8 boards per game as a squad. They give up 34.8% on three-point shots and they are 4th in the NBA in points per game allowed (104.2).

When they last played, the Trail Blazers went home victorious with a score of 136-131 against the Hawks. In the matter of rebounds, Portland allowed Atlanta to get 30 in all (9 offensive). They finished 34.1% from distance by connecting on 14 of 41 and finished the game at 21 of 24 at the charity stripe (87.5%). The Trail Blazers allowed the Hawks to knock down 48 of their 88 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 54.5% in the game. When all was said and done, the Trail Blazers went 47 for 89 from the floor which had them shooting 52.8%. With respect to shooting from beyond the arc, Portland converted 18 of their 41 attempts (43.9%). They were able to bury 24 of the free throws for a percentage of 85.7%. The Hawks committed 12 fouls for the contest which got the Trail Blazers to the charity stripe for a total of 28 shots. They gave up possession of the ball 9 times, while getting 10 steals for the game. The Trail Blazers were able to collect 29 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds for a total of 41 in the matchup.

Anfernee Simons ended up having an impact for the Trail Blazers in the matchup. He knocked down 13 out of 21 for the matchup for a field goal rate of 61.9%, and had 3 rebounds. Simons totaled 43 points in his 39 mins of playing time and accounted for 7 assists in the game.

Portland has a record of 14-22 on the season. The Trail Blazers commit 19.8 personal fouls every game and they shoot 78.9% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 22.7 times per game (22nd in the NBA) and they are giving up possession 13.8 times per game. Portland has accumulated 3,924 pts this year (109.0 per game) and they pull in 43.7 boards per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Trail Blazers are shooting 44.9% from the field, which is 21st in the league.

The Trail Blazers on defense are ranked 27th in basketball in points allowed per game with 113.2. They are forcing 13.4 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 48.0% from the field (30th in the NBA). The Portland defense allows 37.5% from downtown (484 of 1,292) and their opponents are converting on 76.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 25.9 assists and 43.1 total rebounds per game, which is 28th and 7th in the league.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland

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