Miami Heat (13-9) vs. Indiana Pacers (9-15)
December 3, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Indiana Pacers -5; Over/Under: -208.5
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The Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers meet Friday in NBA action at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Miami Heat need a win after losing four of their last six games. The Indiana Pacers look to snap a three-game losing streak.
The Miami Heat are averaging 107.7 points on 45.8 percent shooting and allowing 103.6 points on 44.3 percent shooting. Jimmy Butler is averaging 23.6 points and 5.3 assists, while Tyler Herro is averaging 21.7 points and 5.5 rebounds. Bam Adebayo is the third double-digit scorer and Kyle Lowry is grabbing 4.8 rebounds. The Miami Heat are shooting 34.6 percent from beyond the arc and 80.4 percent from the free throw line. The Miami Heat are allowing 34.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 45 rebounds per game.
The Indiana Pacers are averaging 107.4 points on 45.6 percent shooting and allowing 106.4 points on 44.8 percent shooting. Malcolm Brogdon is averaging 21 points and 6.1 assists, while Domantas Sabonis is averaging 17.5 points and 11.9 rebounds. Caris LeVert is the third double-digit scorer and Chris Duarte is grabbing 4 rebounds. The Indiana Pacers are shooting 32.9 percent from beyond the arc and 76.9 percent from the free throw line. The Indiana Pacers are allowing 35.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 46.2 rebounds per game.
The Heat are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The Pacers are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 home games and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games playing on 1 days rest. The over is 10-4 in Heat last 14 overall. The over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 overall. The under is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings.
The Miami Heat have had issues playing in Indiana for years, and they already lost to the Pacers in that building this year. To make matters worse, the Heat will be without Jimmy and Bam for this contest. The Indiana Pacers are inconsistent as all hell, but they’re comfortably the healthier team here, and they win at home by an average of 3.1 points. I’ll lay the reasonable line with the Pacers here.
