The Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets meet Thursday in NBA action at the Barclays Center. The Miami Heat look for a win after winning nine of their last 11 games. The Brooklyn Nets need a win after losing 15 of their last 18 games.
The Miami Heat are averaging 109.5 points on 46.2 percent shooting and allowing 104.7 points on 44.4 percent shooting. Jimmy Butler is averaging 21.7 points and 5.8 assists, while Tyler Herro is averaging 20.2 points and 4.8 rebounds. Bam Adebayo is the third double-digit scorer and Kyle Lowry is grabbing 4.6 rebounds. The Miami Heat are shooting 37.4 percent from beyond the arc and 80.7 percent from the free throw line. The Miami Heat are allowing 34.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 44.5 rebounds per game.
The Brooklyn Nets are averaging 110.7 points on 46.5 percent shooting and allowing 111.6 points on 45.3 percent shooting. Kevin Durant is averaging 29.3 points and 5.8 assists, while Kyrie Irving is averaging 25.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. Seth Curry is the third double-digit scorer and LaMarcus Aldridge is grabbing 5.7 rebounds. The Brooklyn Nets are shooting 35 percent from beyond the arc and 80.2 percent from the free throw line. The Brooklyn Nets are allowing 33.8 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 44.5 rebounds per game.
The Heat are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 Thursday games. The Nets are 6-21-1 ATS in their last 28 home games and 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games. The over is 39-16-1 in Heat last 56 games playing on 0 days rest. The over is 5-1 in Nets last 6 overall. The Heat are 11-5 ATS in the last 16 meetings in Brooklyn.
The Miami Heat should be favored for obvious reasons, but they are on the end of a back to back and coming off an absolute collapse in Milwaukee, so who knows how they respond. The Heat are also still without Lowry. The Brooklyn Nets have been on the struggle bus for a while, but they get a major boost for this contest with the return of Durant. There’s value with the Nets in the underdog role here at home. I’ll take the points.