Miami Heat vs Brooklyn Nets Prediction, 2/15/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Miami Heat vs Brooklyn Nets

Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Location: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY

TV: YES

Barclays Center is the location where the Brooklyn Nets will play the Miami Heat on Wednesday.

The Heat faced the Magic and walked away with a win by a score of 107-103 in their last contest. Miami wrapped up the contest with a 43.5% field goal percentage (37 of 85) and knocked down 12 of their 39 shots from beyond the perimeter. From the charity stripe, the Heat converted 21 of 23 attempts for a rate of 91.3%. In terms of rebounding, they collected 46 with 11 of them being of the offensive variety. They also recorded 24 dimes for the contest as well as creating 18 turnovers and earning 7 steals. In the matter of the defense, Miami allowed their opponent to shoot 42.5% from the field on 37 out of 87 shooting. Orlando distributed 22 dimes and had 12 steals in this game. Additionally, Orlando snagged 44 rebounds (12 offensive, 32 defensive) and had 6 rejections. Orlando walked away from this one shooting 78.3% at the charity stripe by making 18 of their 23 tries. They also made 11 out of their 29 attempts from 3-point range. In the matter of personal fouls, the Heat ended up with 22 while the Magic finished the game with 24 personal fouls.

Jimmy Butler is someone who was a major factor for the matchup. He finished with 22 points on 7 of 17 shooting. He played for 34 minutes and totaled 7 rebounds. Butler shot 41.2% from the field and recorded 6 dimes.

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Miami comes into this matchup with a win-loss record of 32-26 on the campaign. They have an average of 108.4 points per contest (30th in the NBA) while shooting 45.2% from the field. The Heat are connecting on 33.5% on shots beyond the perimeter (678 of 2,026) and 83.0% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Miami is grabbing 41.4 boards per game and has totaled 1,363 dimes so far this year, which has them ranked 23rd in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. They are giving up possession 13.4 times per game and as a team they commit 18.8 fouls every game.

When they are on defense, the Heat are forcing 16.3 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.8 fouls. They are currently ranked 16th in the NBA in allowing assists with 1,460 conceded on the campaign. The Heat defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 47.6% (2,287 of 4,803) and they relinquish 42.3 rebounds per game as a unit. They are conceding 36.6% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 2nd in the league in opponents PPG (108.2).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Nets walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 101-98 when they faced the 76ers. The Nets were able to pull down 30 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive boards totaling 42 in the game. They gave up possession of the ball 8 times, while recording 7 steals for this contest. The 76ers were called for 12 personal fouls for the contest which took the Nets to the charity stripe for a total of 13 shots. They were able to make 11 of the free throws for a rate of 84.6%. In reference to shots from downtown, Brooklyn buried 13 out of their 40 tries (32.5%). At the conclusion of this game, the Nets went 37 out of 92 from the floor which gave them a rate of 40.2%. The Nets permitted the 76ers to make 33 out of their 75 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 44.0% for this game. They finished the game shooting 26.1% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 6 of 23 and finished the contest at 29 out of 30 at the free throw line (96.7%). In relation to how they attacked the glass, Brooklyn permitted Philadelphia to snag 41 in all (8 on the offensive glass).

Mikal Bridges was important for the Nets in the game. Bridges scored 23 points in his 34 mins of playing time and had 1 assist in this contest. He buried 8 out of 18 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 44.4%, and had 6 rebounds.

Brooklyn has a win-loss mark of 33-24 for the year. The Nets commit 21.8 fouls per contest and they hit 79.2% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 25.8 times per game (8th in the NBA) and they are losing possession via turnover 14.2 times per game. Brooklyn has accumulated 6,497 pts for the campaign (114.0 per contest) and they grab 40.4 rebounds per game. As an offensive team, the Nets are hitting on 50.2% from the field, which ranks 2nd in basketball.

The Brooklyn defense allows 36.9% on shots from 3-point land (686 of 1,857) and their opponents are making 77.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 22.9 assists and 44.2 total boards per game, which has them ranked 4th and 23rd in the league. The Nets on defense are ranked 9th in the NBA in points allowed per contest with 112.4. They are able to force 13.8 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 45.8% from the field (4th in the NBA).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Miami

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