Hiram Moreno
Oklahoma City Thunder vs Miami Heat will be facing two teams that hope to keep on escalating in the standings of their respective conferences. That’s what this Thunder vs Heat game will be all about, with the home team coming into this game on a negative run, while the visitors will be looking to continue their good streak against a team that will surely not make things easy for them.
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Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Oklahoma City Thunder vs Miami Heat NBA Regular Season Game on January 10, 2023
- Where: FTX Arena, Miami, Florida.
- When: Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 7:30 PM ET
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Betting on the Oklahoma City Thunder
- Season record: 18-22
The Oklahoma City Thunder has improved its performance in recent days and, although it may be difficult, they will surely want to fight for a playoff place in the Western Conference. They currently occupy the twelfth place in their zone and are 1.5 games away from those spots.
In their last couple of games, the team from Oklahoma had excellent results, beating by more than 10 points both the Wizards (127-110) and a contending team in the West as the Mavericks (120-109) , with an inspired Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scoring at least 30 points in each game.
How well their star performs in this matchup could influence the outcome, as Gilgeous-Alexander averages the fourth most points per game in the league at 30.9 and the Thunder is a fairly balanced team, with an offensive ratio of 113.7 while the defensive ratio stands at 113.9.
Betting on the Miami Heat
- Season record: 21-20
The Miami Heat had some trouble getting off the ground early this season as multiple injuries plagued the team. Now with an almost fully healthy roster, the Heat have climbed to eighth place in the Eastern Conference, although they will surely try to keep climbing to avoid the play-in.
The Miami franchise has experienced some turbulence in this start of 2023, alternating between wins and losses in the four games played so far, with the last one being precisely a 102-101 loss to the Brooklyn Nets after Jimmy Butler was unable to score the game-winning shot on the final play of the game.
In none of those four games did the Heat offense surpass 110 points, something that has been a constant for a team that has the worst points-per-game average in the NBA at 108.7, although they balance that with a defense that is among the best in the league and averages 8.4 steals per game.
JefeBet Prediction
Although Miami will be locals, the Heat have not been able to take advantage of playing at home this season with a record of 11-9, and their offense has not improved much when playing on their home court, surpassing 110 points in only two of their last five games in front of their home fans.
Therefore, the Heat’s best weapon will once again be their defense, which will have to stop an inspired Gilgeous-Alexander. However, apart from him, there are not many players on the Thunder who can make a clear difference in this game.
It is worth remembering that the last meeting between the two sides ended with a score of just 110-108 in favor of Miami, and still having absences such as Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, another low-scoring clash is quite likely.
Prediction: Under.
