The Miami Heat (17-14) take on the Indiana Pacers (16-18) as only 1.5-point favorites on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET on FDSSUN and FDSIN.

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Heat vs. Pacers Game Info & Odds

• Date: Thursday, January 2, 2025
• Time: 7:30 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: FDSSUN and FDSIN
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: Miami, Florida
• Venue: Kaseya Center

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Heat vs. Pacers Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Heat 116 – Pacers 110

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Spread & Total Prediction for Heat vs. Pacers

• Pick ATS: Heat (- 1.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Heat (-6.6)
• Pick OU:

  Over (224.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 225.7

• The Heat’s .516 ATS win percentage (16-15-0 ATS Record) is higher than the Pacers’ .412 mark (14-20-0 ATS Record) in 2024-25.
• Miami covers the spread when it is a 1.5-point favorite or more 55.6% of the time. That’s more often than Indiana covers as an underdog of 1.5 or more (52.9%).
• Miami and its opponents have exceeded the total 54.8% of the time this season (17 out of 31). That’s less often than Indiana and its opponents have (22 out of 34).
• As a moneyline favorite this year, the Heat are 12-7, a better record than the Pacers have posted (8-9) as moneyline underdogs.

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Heat Performance Insights

• This year, the Heat are averaging 111.3 points per game (20th-ranked in NBA) and allowing 108.7 points per contest (sixth-ranked).
• With 43.4 rebounds per game, Miami ranks 19th in the NBA. It gives up 45 rebounds per contest, which ranks 24th in the league.
• The Heat are delivering 25.6 assists per game, which ranks them 17th in the NBA in 2024-25.
• Miami is top-five this season in turnovers, ranking fourth-best in the league with 12.4 turnovers per game. Meanwhile, it ranks 14th with 14.1 forced turnovers per contest.
• The Heat rank ninth in the NBA with 14.4 treys per game so far this year. Meanwhile, they rank seventh with a 37.5% shooting percentage from three-point land.

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Pacers Performance Insights

• On offense the Pacers are the 11th-ranked team in the NBA (114.6 points per game). On defense they are 22nd (116.9 points conceded per game).
• Indiana is the fourth-worst squad in the NBA in rebounds per game (41.4) and 18th in rebounds conceded (44.3).
• This season the Pacers are ranked 10th in the NBA in assists at 27.8 per game.
• With 13.6 turnovers committed per game and 13.6 turnovers forced, Indiana is 12th and 18th in the league, respectively.
• In 2024-25, the Pacers are 19th in the NBA in 3-point makes (12.7 per game) and eighth in 3-point percentage (37.3%).

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