Miami Heat vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 2/4/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Miami Heat vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: CHSN Plus

The Miami Heat (24-23) are traveling to United Center on Tuesday where they will compete against the Chicago Bulls (21-29).

The Heat faced off with the Spurs and went home with a win by a final score of 105-103 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Heat ended up with 15 and the Spurs racked up 18 fouls. They also made 12 of 36 tries from downtown. San Antonio finished 71.4% when shooting free throws by converting 15 of their 21 shots. In addition, San Antonio snagged 48 rebounds (13 offensive, 35 defensive) and got 5 blocked shots. San Antonio doled out 27 assists and had 8 steals for this game. In relation to the defense, Miami allowed the other team to go 41.8% from the field on 38 out of 91 shooting. They also dished out 30 assists in this game while forcing 11 turnovers and earning 7 steals. In terms of pulling down boards, they collected a total of 52 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the free throw line, the Heat made 10 of their 17 shots for a rate of 58.8%. Miami finished with a 46.1% FG percentage (41 out of 89) and knocked down 13 out of their 42 shots from downtown.

Bam Adebayo is one guy who had an impact for this contest. Adebayo ended up shooting 61.9% from the floor and also recorded 9 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 38 mins and snagged 12 boards. He ended up walking away with 30 points on 13 out of 21 shooting.

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Miami will enter this game with a win-loss record of 24-23 so far this year. They have an average of 110.7 points per game (22nd in basketball) on 45.7% from the field. The Heat are connecting on 36.5% on shots from distance (667 of 1,826) and 79.0% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Miami is snagging 43.8 boards per game and has earned 1,245 dimes so far this season, which is 16th in the league in terms of passing. They turn it over 13.7 times per game and as a unit are committing 15.9 personal fouls per game.

Defensively, the Heat are forcing their opponents into 14.0 turnovers per game while drawing 17.8 fouls. They are currently ranked 17th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 1,276 relinquished on the year. The Heat defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 46.2% (1,942 of 4,207) and they concede 45.7 rebounds per game as a unit. They surrender 35.8% from 3-point land while they are 7th in basketball in points per game from their opponents (110.6).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Bulls walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 127-119 when they faced the Pistons. In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Chicago allowed Detroit to collect 42 in total (8 on the offensive side). They finished the game shooting 33.3% from three-point range by going 10 out of 30 and ended up shooting 9 out of 13 from the charity stripe (69.2%). The Bulls allowed the Pistons to make 54 of their 99 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 54.5% for this game. When the game finished, the Bulls shot 41 out of 89 from the floor which had them at 46.1%. In the matter of shooting from distance, Chicago made 19 of 52 tries (36.5%). They were able to knock down 18 of those for a percentage of 90.0%. The Pistons were called for 18 fouls for the matchup which took the Bulls to the charity stripe for a total of 20 attempts. They also turned the ball over 20 times, while getting 7 steals in this game. The Bulls were able to snag 33 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 44 in this game.

Coby White ended up being a factor for the Bulls for the matchup. He knocked down 5 out of 17 for the contest giving him a rate of 29.4%, and had 3 rebounds. White totaled 22 points in his 34 minutes on the court and had 3 assists in this matchup.

Chicago has a record of 21-29 for the year. The Bulls have committed 17.7 fouls per contest and they connect on 80.0% from the free throw line. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 29.1 times per game (4th in basketball) and they are giving up possession 15.1 times per contest. Chicago has accounted for 5,826 pts on the campaign (116.5 per contest) and they average 45.9 boards per contest. As an offensive unit, the Bulls are connecting on 46.6% from the floor, which ranks them 15th in basketball.

The Bulls defensively are ranked 29th in basketball in points per game surrendered with 119.9. They are forcing 12.4 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 47.2% from the field (21st in basketball). The Chicago defense gives up 33.8% on 3-point attempts (666 of 1,972) and opponents are making 77.9% of their free throw attempts. They have allowed 29.1 assists and 46.6 rebounds per contest, which ranks 29th and 29th in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Miami

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