NBA Best Bets: Heat vs. Pacers Picks for January 2

Published 5:34 am Thursday, January 2, 2025

The Miami Heat (17-14) are favored by 1.5 points against the Indiana Pacers (16-18) on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET. The matchup airs on FDSSUN and FDSIN.

Why don’t you check out the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Thursday’s game, before you make a wager on this contest?

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Heat vs. Pacers Game Info

  • When: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
  • Where: Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida
  • TV: FDSSUN and FDSIN
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Heat vs. Pacers Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Heat (- 1.5)

  • Miami’s record against the spread is 16-15-0.
  • Against the spread, Indiana is 14-20-0 this season.
  • The Heat have an ATS record of 10-8 as 1.5-point favorites or greater.
  • The Pacers are 9-8 as 1.5-point underdogs or more.

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Pick OU:

Over (223.5)

  • The Heat and their opponents have gone over 223.5 combined points in 15 of 31 games this season.
  • The Pacers have combined with their opponent to score more than 223.5 points in 25 of 34 games this season.
  • Miami’s games this season have had an average of 219.2 points, 4.3 fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
  • Indiana has a 231.8-point average over/under in its outings this season, 8.3 more points than this game’s point total.
  • The Pacers are the league’s ninth-highest scoring team this season compared to the 27th-ranked Heat.
  • The Heat are the league’s second-ranked scoring defense while the Pacers are the 26th-ranked.

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Moneyline Pick: Heat (-120)

  • The Heat have entered the game as favorites 19 times this season and won 12, or 63.2%, of those games.
  • The Pacers have won in eight, or 47.1%, of the 17 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
  • Miami has a record of 12-6, a 66.7% win rate, when it’s favored by -120 or more by sportsbooks this season.
  • This year, Indiana has won eight of 16 games when listed as at least +100 or better on the moneyline.
  • Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Heat have a 54.5% chance to win.

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