Miami Heat vs Charlotte Hornets Prediction, 10/26/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Miami Heat vs Charlotte Hornets

Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024

Location: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Spectrum Center is the site where the Charlotte Hornets (21-61 last year) will attempt to beat the Miami Heat (46-36 last season) on Saturday.

The Heat played the Magic and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 116-97 in their last contest. Miami wrapped up the contest having earned a 39.0% FG percentage (32 of 82) and converted 11 of their 34 3-pointers. From the charity stripe, the Heat buried 22 of their 29 shots for a rate of 75.9%. When it comes to pulling down rebounds, they earned 39 with 7 of them being offensive. They also recorded 32 assists for the game while forcing 14 turnovers and earning 10 steals. Pertaining to defending, Miami allowed the other team to shoot 42.7% from the floor on 41 of 96 shooting. Orlando doled out 22 dimes and had 6 steals in this game. Additionally, Orlando grabbed 38 rebounds (12 offensive, 26 defensive) and added 8 blocks. Orlando went 72.7% from the free throw line by knocking down 16 of 22 shots. They knocked down 18 out of their 49 attempts from beyond the arc. When talking about personal fouls, the Heat ended up walking away with 23 while the Magic totaled 21 personal fouls.

Terry Rozier is one guy who was a contributor in this matchup. He ended up scoring 19 points on 5 out of 15 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 32 mins played and collected 6 boards. Rozier finished the game at 33.3% from the field and earned 5 assists.

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Miami will enter this game after finishing with a mark of 46-36 last year. They lost possession via turnover 12.7 times per contest and as a group committed 17.3 fouls on a nightly basis. As a squad, Miami snagged 42.3 rebounds per game and accumulated 2,116 dimes last season, which had them ranked 18th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. The Heat shot 37.0% on 3-point shots (1,022 of 2,765) and 81.8% from the charity stripe. They had an average of 110.1 points per game (26th in the league) while shooting 46.5% from the floor.

When they were on defense, the Heat forced their opponents into 13.7 turnovers per game and they drew 18.9 personal fouls. They conceded 35.3% on 3-point attempts and they ranked 3rd in the league in PPG from their opponents (108.4). The Heat gave up a FG percentage of 46.7% (3,297 of 7,056) and they surrendered 42.8 boards per game as a basketball team. They were ranked 14th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 2,173 surrendered last year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Hornets took home the win by a final score of 110-105 when they played the Rockets. The Hornets corralled 35 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 42 for this game. They also coughed up the ball 17 times, while recording 6 steals in this matchup. The Rockets committed 18 personal fouls for this contest which got the Hornets to the free throw line for a total of 24 shots. They were able to knock down 19 of the free throws for a rate of 79.2%. In reference to shots from 3-point land, Charlotte converted 15 of 39 attempts (38.5%). When the game finished, the Hornets finished shooting 38 out of 85 from the floor which had them sitting at 44.7%. The Hornets permitted the Rockets to knock down 38 of their 103 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 36.9% in this contest. They finished 30.2% from beyond the arc by connecting on 13 of 43 and finished the game at 16 of 20 at the charity stripe (80.0%). When discussing rebounding, Charlotte allowed Houston to pull down 47 in total (9 offensive).

LaMelo Ball pitched in for the Hornets in this game. Ball tallied 34 points in his 38 minutes on the hardwood and totaled 11 dimes for the contest. He knocked down 10 of 20 in this game for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and accumulated 8 rebounds.

Charlotte had a record of 21-61 last season. The Hornets were responsible for committing 18.0 personal fouls per game and they shot 78.6% from the charity stripe. Their rate of earning assists was at 24.8 times per contest (26th in the league) and they coughed up possession 13.8 times per game. Charlotte earned 8,740 points throughout last year (106.6 per game) and they grabbed 40.3 rebounds per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Hornets shot 46.0% from the floor, which was ranked 26th in the league.

The Charlotte defense conceded 37.7% on 3-point shots (1,118 of 2,965) and their opponents converted on 79.6% of their foul shots. They surrendered 28.7 dimes and 45.4 boards per contest, which was ranked 28th and 28th in the NBA. The Hornets on the defensive end were ranked 22nd in the league in points given up per game with 116.8. They forced 13.6 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 49.4% from the field (27th in the NBA).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Charlotte

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