Jefferson Alfaro
Heat vs Hornets will be opening Sunday’s NBA action. This game will be played quite early, and the visitors will try to take advantage of one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference to get one more win. These franchises have already met twice this regular season, with both games going to the Heat, who had to settle one of those games in overtime.
Without further ado, JefeBet brings you the best preview for this Miami Heat vs Charlotte Hornets, where you can also enjoy all the NBA predictions and the best available betting odds for all the games.
Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Miami Heat vs Charlotte NBA Regular Season Game on January 29, 2023
- Where: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.
- When: Sunday, January 29, 2023, 1:00 PM E.T.
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Betting on the Miami Heat
- Regular Season Record: 27-22.
Miami Heat concludes a three home game series and travels to Charlotte to get back to winning ways on the road, where they lost their last game in a resounding 90-115 defeat against Dallas Mavericks.
However, this squad’s numbers away from home are not that bad when compared to other teams, as they have a 10-13 record so far. They have not done badly when facing Charlotte in this condition either, winning the last 3 meetings they have held. Despite this, Miami must improve their offensive statistics urgently to try to maintain this trend. This is alarming because they are the team with the worst average in offense, with 108.4 units per game.
Betting on the Charlotte Hornets
- Season record: 14-36.
Charlotte Hornets will come into this game rested, and leaving a series of poor results behind them, after beating the Chicago Bulls by a score of 111-96. That result may be misleading because for most of the game they were down on the scoreboard, reacting greatly to make up for the bad record they have. However, that result still have them as the second to last team in the conference..
Despite winning their last meeting, the numbers of this franchise at the Spectrum Center are terrible, winning only 6 games and losing 16. Nothing strange if we are talking about one of the worst defensive teams in the league, with an average of 118.6 points conceded per night.
Great news for the home team is that their leader in scoring and assists, LaMelo Ball, returned to the court after missing 3 games due to injury.
JefeBet Prediction
If there’s one reason Miami ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference despite its lack of offensive fire, it’s its strength on defense. The visitors are the second-best team in this department, with an average of 108.2 units.
They will have to face an opponent that has many limitations in all facets, including attack. Even getting their best player back, Charlotte doesn’t seem to have what it takes to find a way around a solid Heat team.
Taking these aspects into account, it is expected that the conditions of the visitors will prevail, and we will have a game without many points in the final score.
Prediction: Under.
