Cleveland Cavaliers vs Miami Heat Prediction, 3/8/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Miami Heat

Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Location: FTX Arena in Miami, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

FTX Arena is the site where the Miami Heat will play the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.

The Cavaliers took the court against the Celtics and went home with a win by a final score of 118-114 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Cavaliers walked away with 20 and the Celtics finished the game with 21 personal fouls. They knocked down 16 of 48 attempts from 3-point range. Boston went 66.7% at the free throw line by making 14 of their 21 attempts. Moreover, Boston snagged 52 rebounds (15 offensive, 37 defensive) and added 7 rejections. Boston distributed 25 assists and had 5 steals in this matchup. Concerning the defense, Cleveland allowed the other team to go 41.6% from the field on 42 of 101 shooting. They also recorded 27 assists for this game as well as forcing the opposition into 12 turnovers and having 4 steals. When talking about grabbing boards, they earned 58 with 16 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Cavaliers buried 20 of 25 shots for a rate of 80.0%. Cleveland ended the game with a 44.8% field goal percentage (43 of 96) and converted 12 out of their 34 three-point shots.

Donovan Mitchell is one guy who came through for this game. Mitchell ended up shooting 41.2% from the floor and also totaled 4 dimes. He played 47 minutes and snagged 11 rebounds. He ended up with 40 points on 14 out of 34 shooting.

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Cleveland comes into this contest with a mark of 41-26 on the campaign. They have an average of 112.1 points per game (25th in basketball) while going 48.8% from the field. The Cavaliers are shooting 36.4% on three-point attempts (771 of 2,118) and 77.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, Cleveland is collecting 42.0 boards per game and is sitting with 1,672 assists for the campaign, which is 9th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession by turning the ball over 13.7 times per game and as a squad they commit 18.7 personal fouls per game.

On defense, the Cavaliers have forced 15.2 turnovers per contest while drawing 20.7 fouls. They are relinquishing 37.0% on 3-point shots while they are 1st in the league in points per game allowed (106.6). The Cavaliers defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 46.5% (2,610 of 5,617) and they concede 40.7 rebounds per game as a group. They currently rank 7th in the league in allowing assists to their opponents with 1,537 conceded for the campaign.

When they last stepped on the court, the Heat went home victorious with a score of 130-128 when they faced the Hawks. The Heat collected 24 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 32 for the contest. They also turned it over 11 times, while recording 6 steals in this matchup. The Hawks earned 25 fouls in this game which got the Heat to the charity stripe for a total of 37 shots. They were able to convert 32 of the free throws for a rate of 86.5%. When discussing three-point attempts, Miami converted 16 of 29 attempts (55.2%). At the conclusion of this game, the Heat went 41 for 77 from the floor which had them shooting 53.2%. The Heat permitted the Hawks to make 51 out of their 92 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 55.4% for the matchup. They shot 31.0% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 9 out of 29 and finished the contest at 17 of 23 at the free throw line (73.9%). In regard to team rebounding, Miami allowed Atlanta to pull down 37 overall (12 offensive).

Jimmy Butler ended up being a factor for the Heat in the matchup. He buried 8 of 14 in the game for a rate of 57.1%, and had 9 rebounds. Butler tallied 26 points in his 33 mins on the hardwood and tallied 9 dimes in the game.

Miami has a win-loss mark of 35-31 this season. The Heat commit 18.8 fouls per game and they connect on 83.0% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 23.4 times per game (24th in basketball) and they are turning it over 13.4 times per game. Miami has scored 7,158 pts for the campaign (108.5 per game) and they snag 41.1 boards per game. When it comes to offense, the Heat are hitting on 45.2% from the field, which has them ranked 30th in the league.

The Heat defensively are ranked 2nd in basketball in PPG allowed with 109.1. They have forced 16.0 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 47.9% from the floor (22nd in basketball). The Miami defense surrenders 36.7% on 3-point attempts (862 of 2,350) and their opposition makes 77.8% of their foul shots. They give up 25.0 dimes and 42.1 boards every game, which ranks them 12th and 8th in the league.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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