Miami Heat vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 12/30/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Miami Heat vs Utah Jazz

Date: Saturday, December 30, 2023

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

The Miami Heat (19-12) are headed to Delta Center on Saturday where they will meet the Utah Jazz (13-19).

The Heat faced off with the Warriors and earned the victory with a final of 114-102 in their last contest. Miami finished having earned a 48.4% FG percentage (44 out of 91) and knocked down 10 of their 31 shots from downtown. At the free throw line, the Heat buried 16 of 22 tries for a rate of 72.7%. In the matter of pulling down boards, they earned a total of 44 with 10 of them being offensive. They also recorded 26 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 13 turnovers and having 6 steals. In terms of the defense, Miami allowed 42.0% from the field on 37 of 88 shooting. Golden State doled out 27 dimes and had 4 steals for the game. On top of that, Golden State pulled down 43 rebounds (12 offensive, 31 defensive) and earned 1 block. Golden State finished 80.0% when shooting free throws by knocking down 20 of their 25 tries. They converted 8 of their 33 attempts from beyond the arc. In regard to personal fouls, the Heat finished with 19 while the Warriors recorded 19 personal fouls.

Tyler Herro is a guy who was a factor in the game. Herro finished the game at 55.6% from the floor and dished out 2 assists. He played for 31 mins and grabbed 7 rebounds. He ended up scoring 26 points on 10 out of 18 shooting.

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Miami heads into this game with a win-loss mark of 19-12 for the year. They currently have an average of 113.4 points per contest (19th in the NBA) while shooting 47.3% from the field. The Heat are shooting 39.3% on three-point attempts (401 of 1,020) and 82.7% from the free throw line. As a team, Miami is grabbing 41.5 rebounds per game and has 813 assists on the year, which has them ranked 13th in basketball in terms of passing. They are losing possession via turnover 13.2 times per game and as a group are committing 18.5 fouls per game.

When they are on defense, the Heat are forcing 14.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 20.3 fouls. They concede 37.2% on 3-point attempts and they are 7th in the league in PPG from their opponents (111.5). The Heat defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 47.8% (1,274 of 2,663) and they surrender 42.2 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They are ranked 22nd in the NBA in allowing assists to their opponents with 827 surrendered for the season.

The last time they took the court, the Jazz took a defeat with a final score of 112-105 against the Pelicans. The Jazz pulled down 25 defensive rebounds and 17 offensive rebounds for a total of 42 in this contest. They gave up possession 18 times, while recording 5 steals in this game. The Pelicans had 19 fouls in the matchup which took the Jazz to the charity stripe for a total of 25 attempts. They were able to convert 21 of them for a clip of 84.0%. In relation to 3-pointers, Utah made 12 of their 39 tries (30.8%). At the conclusion of this game, the Jazz shot 36 for 85 from the field which had them shooting 42.4%. The Jazz permitted the Pelicans to convert 45 out of 82 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 54.9% for the matchup. They finished 37.0% from three-point range by shooting 10 of 27 and ended up going 12 of 15 from the free throw line (80.0%). In reference to rebounds, Utah permitted New Orleans to get 35 in total (6 offensive).

Collin Sexton ended up being a major contributor for the Jazz for this contest. He converted 8 of 17 for this game for a field goal rate of 47.1%, and tallied 5 rebounds. Sexton scored 26 points in his 30 minutes on the court and had 3 dimes for this game.

Utah has a win-loss mark of 13-19 so far this season. The Jazz are responsible for committing 19.5 personal fouls every game and they shoot 82.2% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 27.2 times per contest (9th in the NBA) and they cough up possession 16.7 times per contest. Utah has totaled 3,625 pts on the season (113.3 per contest) and they grab 46.1 rebounds per contest. As an offensive team, the Jazz are shooting 45.6% from the field, which has them ranked 26th in basketball.

The Jazz on the defensive side of the court are 23rd in the NBA in PPG surrendered with 119.1. They are forcing 13.0 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 48.4% from the floor (22nd in the NBA). The Utah defense allows 38.0% on shots from behind the 3-point line (456 of 1,199) and opponents are making 76.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 28.6 assists and 42.2 rebounds per contest, which has them ranked 29th and 5th in the NBA.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Miami

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