The Miami Heat (13-10) host the Charlotte Hornets (7-14) at FTX Arena, beginning at 7:30 PM ET on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. The Hornets are 8-point underdogs in the game. The matchup has an over/under of 223 points.
Dive into the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) in Wednesday’s game, before you make an informed wager on the matchup.
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Spread: Heat (-8) to Cover
- The DraftKings line for this game has the Heat favored by eight, while the model predicts they’ll win by slightly more (10.6 points).
- Miami is 10-12-1 ATS this season.
- The Heat have been favored by 8 points or more this season twice, and failed to cover both times.
- So far this season, Charlotte has compiled an 8-12-1 record against the spread.
- The Hornets have been an underdog by 8 points or more six times this season, and covered the spread in three of those contests.
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Total: Over 223
- In this matchup, the model projects a total (229.3 points) a little higher than the DraftKings over/under (223 points).
- In 11 games this year, Miami and its opponent have combined to score more than 223 points.
- Charlotte’s games have had over 223 points 17 times this year.
- Heat games have gone over the point total 11 out of 23 times this season.
- A total of 14 Hornets games this season have hit the over.
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Moneyline Winner: Heat (-340)
- Prediction: Heat 120, Hornets 109
- Miami has entered the game as favorites 13 times this season and won 10, or 76.9%, of those games.
- Charlotte has come away with six wins in the 18 contests it has been listed as the underdog this season.
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Jimmy Butler Points Prop: Over 24.5
- Jimmy Butler puts up 21.9 points, 4.3 assists and 5.1 boards per game.
- The 21.9 points Butler has scored per game this season is 2.6 fewer than his prop total set for Wednesday (24.5).
- So far this season, Butler is 8-for-24 at scoring more than the total set for his points prop.
- In 2023-24, the Hornets are 18th in the NBA on offense (113.4 points scored per game) and fifth-worst defensively (121.0 points allowed).
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Gordon Hayward Rebounds Prop: Under 4.5
- Gordon Hayward puts up 15.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game for the Hornets.
- He averages 0.5 more rebounds than his over/under on Wednesday (which is 4.5).
- He has collected more boards than the over/under set for him by oddsmakers 12 times this season in 22 games with that prop available.
- The Heat are averaging only 40.8 rebounds per game (fourth-worst in NBA), and they are allowing 42.5 boards per contest (seventh-ranked).
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