Heat vs. Trail Blazers betting: NBA preview for January 11

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The Miami Heat (19-17) square off against the Portland Trail Blazers (13-24) as 4.5-point favorites on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET on KATU, KUNP, and FDSSUN. The over/under is 219 for the matchup.

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Heat vs. Trail Blazers betting lines

  • Heat odds to win: -194
  • Trail Blazers odds to win: +161
  • Spread: Heat (-4.5)
  • Total: 219
  • TV Channel: Rip City TV
  • Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)

Heat Statistics, Trends and More

As the Away Team

  • Miami has an 8-10-1 ATS record in road games so far while putting up a record of 9-10 overall in those contests.
  • Miami has a 2-3 record ATS in road games this year as 4.5-point favorites or more.
  • Heat road games have hit the over on the set point total 10 times this season.
  • Recent performance gives an edge to Miami to beat the total. This year its road games averaged a total of 219.5 points per contest.

Heat Recent Trends

  • The Heat have a 6-4 record straight-up in their last 10 matchups, while covering the spread five times in those games.
  • The Heat and their opponents have combined to hit the over in five of those 10 games.
  • The Heat’s past 10 outings have ended with an average of 218.6 points scored. That’s 0.4 fewer points than this contest’s over/under.
  • In their past 10 games, the Heat have a points-per-game average 3.3 points below their season-long scoring average.

Heat Betting Records

  • The Heat have gone 13-9 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 59.1% of those games).
  • When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -194 or shorter, Miami has gone 9-3 (75% win percentage).
  • The Heat have a 66.0% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
45.5 (20th in NBA) 46 (11th) 43.5 (21st) 45.9 (27th) 26 (14th) 12.4 (fifth)

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Trail Blazers Statistics, Trends and More

As the Home Team

  • Trail Blazers games have gone over the set point total 11 times at home this year.
  • The Trail Blazers have covered the spread nine times at home and is 8-8 in home contests.
  • This year, the Trail Blazers have a 0-1 record ATS at home as 4.5-point underdogs or more.
  • This season at home, the Trail Blazers and their opponents have averaged a total of 224.5 points per contest, 5.5 points greater than the over/under for this contest.

Trail Blazers Recent Trends

  • The Trail Blazers have covered the spread five times in their past 10 contests while putting up a 4-6 record straight-up in those games.
  • Trail Blazers’ past 10 outings saw six go over the total.
  • The past 10 Trail Blazers games averaged 6.2 more points (225.2) than this matchup’s point total.
  • Over their past 10 games, the Trail Blazers have a 110.9 points-per-game average, 2.4 points above their season-long scoring average.

Trail Blazers Betting Records

  • Portland has been underdogs in 35 games this season and won 12 (34.3%) of those contests.
  • The Trail Blazers have a record of 8-20, a 28.6% win rate, when they’re set as an underdog of +161 or more by oddsmakers this season.
  • The moneyline for this contest implies a 38.3% chance of a victory for the Trail Blazers.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
45.1 (22nd in NBA) 47.7 (25th) 43.2 (22nd) 44.7 (22nd) 23.2 (28th) 15.6 (26th)
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