Portland Trail Blazers vs Miami Heat Prediction, 1/21/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Miami Heat

Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Location: Kaseya Center in Miami, FL

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Kaseya Center is the site where the Miami Heat (21-20) will try to beat the Portland Trail Blazers (14-28) on Tuesday.

The Trail Blazers stepped onto the hardwood against the Bulls and earned the victory with a final of 113-102 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up with 19 while the Bulls accounted for 19 fouls. They buried 8 out of their 29 tries from beyond the perimeter. Chicago finished the game at 84.6% at the charity stripe by converting 22 of their 26 tries. On top of that, Chicago collected 36 rebounds (8 offensive, 28 defensive) and had 6 blocked shots. Chicago totaled 21 assists and had 10 steals in this contest. When talking about the defense, Portland allowed their opponent to shoot 44.4% from the floor on 36 of 81 shooting. They also dished out 21 dimes for the game as well as forcing 16 turnovers and having 7 steals. With regard to pulling down boards, they earned 50 with 14 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Trail Blazers converted 20 of 25 tries for a rate of 80.0%. Portland finished the game with a 47.2% field goal percentage (42 out of 89) and made 9 of their 31 shots from beyond the arc.

Scoot Henderson is one player who was a contributor in the matchup. He left the arena with 25 points on 8 out of 15 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 38 mins and also snagged 7 rebounds. Henderson finished shooting 53.3% from the floor and earned 8 dimes.

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Portland heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 14-28 so far this year. They have an average of 107.9 pts per contest (26th in basketball) while connecting on 44.7% from the floor. The Trail Blazers are connecting on 33.8% on shots from distance (510 of 1,509) and 77.3% from the free throw line. As a team, Portland is pulling down 43.2 rebounds per game and has totaled 976 assists on the year, which is 27th in basketball in terms of passing. They are turning it over 16.5 times per game and as a unit they commit 19.2 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Trail Blazers are forcing their opponents into 15.2 turnovers every game while drawing 18.6 fouls. They are ranked 24th in the league in allowing assists with 1,144 surrendered for the year. The Trail Blazers defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 47.9% (1,779 of 3,714) and they surrender 44.9 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They relinquish 37.8% on shots from beyond the arc and they are 24th in the NBA in points per game allowed (116.7).

The last time they took the court, the Heat got the victory with a final of 128-107 when they faced the Spurs. The Heat corralled 37 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds totaling 49 in the game. They also coughed up the ball 11 times, while getting 8 steals in this matchup. The Spurs had 9 fouls in this matchup which got the Heat to the charity stripe for a total of 10 attempts. They were able to knock down 10 of those for a rate of 100.0%. Concerning shooting from beyond the arc, Miami converted 18 of 33 attempts (54.5%). When the final whistle blew, the Heat finished 50 for 95 from the field which had them sitting at 52.6%. The Heat allowed the Spurs to convert 41 of their 91 attempts from the field which had them shooting 45.1% for the game. They shot 37.5% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 15 out of 40 and walked away from this one shooting 10 out of 16 at the free throw line (62.5%). Regarding team rebounding, Miami permitted San Antonio to grab 44 in all (13 on the offensive glass).

Kel'el Ware ended up being a factor for the Heat in this matchup. He converted 10 of 19 in the matchup for a rate of 52.6%, and added 8 rebounds. Ware earned 25 points in his 34 mins of playing time and tallied 2 assists in the matchup.

Miami has a win-loss mark of 21-20 for the year. As an offensive team, the Heat are shooting 45.8% from the floor, which ranks them 18th in the league. Miami has scored 4,560 pts so far this season (111.2 per contest) and they pull in 43.5 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 26.3 times per game (14th in the league) and they are giving up possession 13.5 times per contest. The Heat commit 15.8 fouls per game and they go 79.0% from the free throw line.

The Miami defense gives up 35.8% on shots from distance (556 of 1,551) and opponents are knocking down 79.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 27.0 assists and 45.6 rebounds every game, which is 21st and 25th in the league. The Heat on the defensive end are ranked 7th in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 110.0. They have forced 14.5 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 46.2% from the floor (12th in the NBA).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Miami

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