Miami Heat vs Indiana Pacers Prediction, 11/15/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Miami Heat vs Indiana Pacers

Date: Friday, November 15, 2024

Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The Miami Heat (4-6) are en route to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday where they will attempt to defeat the Indiana Pacers (5-6).

The Heat stepped onto the hardwood against the Pistons and ended up losing by a score of 123-121 in their last contest. Concerning fouls, the Heat left the arena with 22 while the Pistons had 19 fouls. They knocked down 13 out of their 36 shots from distance. Detroit walked away from this one shooting 85.7% when shooting free throws by knocking down 24 of 28 tries. On top of that, Detroit totaled 56 boards (15 offensive, 41 defensive) and had 3 blocks. Detroit recorded 32 dimes and had 4 steals in this matchup. When discussing defense, Miami allowed their opponent to shoot 46.7% from the floor on 43 of 92 shooting. They also recorded 25 dimes for this contest in addition to forcing the opposition into 19 turnovers and having 14 steals. With regard to pulling down boards, they earned a total of 43 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Heat knocked down 10 of their 13 shots for a rate of 76.9%. Miami walked away from the contest having earned a 46.5% FG percentage (47 of 101) and made 17 out of their 45 shots from beyond the arc.

Tyler Herro is a guy who came through in this matchup. Herro finished the contest at 51.9% from the field and recorded 8 assists. He saw the court for 42 minutes played and also snagged 5 boards. He left the arena with 40 points on 14 out of 27 shooting.

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Miami steps onto the hardwood with a mark of 4-6 on the season. They average 110.2 pts per contest (21st in the league) while hitting 44.4% from the field. The Heat are hitting 38.8% on 3-pointers (148 of 381) and 74.4% from the free throw line. As a team, Miami is collecting 43.0 boards per game and has racked up 254 dimes for the year, which is 27th in the league in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 13.1 times per contest and as a team are committing 17.9 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Heat are forcing their opponents into 16.1 turnovers every game and they draw 19.6 fouls. They are giving up 36.5% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 12th in basketball in opponents PPG (111.2). The Heat defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 46.3% (407 of 880) and they surrender 47.0 boards per contest as a basketball team. They are 1st in the league in allowing assists with 258 relinquished on the year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Pacers took a defeat with a final score of 94-90 against the Magic. When talking about rebounding, Indiana allowed Orlando to pull down 51 in total (14 on the offensive glass). They shot 34.2% from beyond the arc by shooting 13 out of 38 and walked away from this one shooting 13 out of 15 from the free throw line (86.7%). The Pacers permitted the Magic to make 34 of their 85 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 40.0% in this matchup. In all, the Pacers walked away from this one shooting 32 out of 84 from the field which had them shooting 38.1%. With regard to 3-pointers, Indiana made 10 out of their 30 attempts (33.3%). They were able to knock down 16 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 88.9%. The Magic committed 19 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Pacers to the free throw line for 18 attempts. They also coughed it up 17 times, while getting 10 steals in the game. The Pacers collected 34 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive boards totaling 41 in the matchup.

Pascal Siakam ended up being a factor for the Pacers in the matchup. He made 8 out of 11 in the game for a field goal rate of 72.7%, and accumulated 7 rebounds. Siakam accumulated 25 points in his 39 minutes on the hardwood and had 2 dimes for the contest.

Indiana has a win-loss mark of 5-6 for the campaign. The Pacers commit 22.3 personal fouls per game while shooting 76.3% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 27.7 times per game (8th in basketball) and they are turning it over 14.5 times per game. Indiana has totaled 1,252 points this season (113.8 per game) and they average 40.1 rebounds per contest. As an offensive unit, the Pacers are hitting on 48.5% from the field, which ranks them 5th in basketball.

The Pacers defensively are ranked 23rd in basketball in PPG given up with 116.5. They are able to force 14.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 46.6% from the floor (17th in basketball). The Indiana defense concedes 33.3% from downtown (135 of 405) and their opponents are connecting on 79.4% of their free throw attempts. They give up 23.6 dimes and 45.5 total rebounds per game, which ranks 4th and 24th in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Miami

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