Brooklyn Nets vs Miami Heat: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 1/25/2021

Brooklyn is an 7.5-point favorite against Miami when the Kevin Durant-led Nets (10-8) and Bam Adebayo's Heat (6-9) meet on January 25, 2021. The matchup features a point total of 236.5.

How to Watch

Time: 7:30 PM EST
TV Channel: NBA TV

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Nets vs. Heat Betting Data

Nets Betting Data

• Brooklyn has an 8-7 record against the spread this year.
• Brooklyn and its opponents have hit the over in 100% of games (18 out of 18 matchups).

Heat Betting Data

• Miami has a sub-.500 record against the spread this season: 6-8.
• Miami hit the over in 93.3% of its games (14 of 15 games).

Point Total Insights

• Brooklyn's games this season have gone over the point total for Monday's matchup over/under (236.5 points) in 111.1% of opportunities (20 out of 18 matchups).
• In four out of Miami's 15 games this season (26.7%), the competing teams combined for a higher point total than the over/under in Monday's matchup.
• The over/under for the contest of 236.5 is 6.9 points more than the combined points per game averages for the Nets (120.3 points per game) and the Heat (109.3 points per game).
• This game's total is 6.6 fewer points than the 229.9 these two teams combine to allow per game in 2020-21.
• This season, the average total for Nets games is 237.1 points, 0.6 more than the over/under of 236.5 points for this contest.
• A difference of 14.1 points separates this contest's over/under (236.5 points) and the average total points bet in Heat's games (222.4 points) this season.

Previous Matchups

In their last 10 matchups, Brooklyn has won six games against Miami, while the Nets also perform better against the spread, accumulating a 3-1 record ATS in those contests against the Heat.

Nets Players to Watch

• Durant leads the Nets in scoring and rebounding, tallying 31.2 points and 7.2 boards per game.
• James Harden is Brooklyn's best passer, dispensing 11.0 assists per game while scoring 24.3 PPG.
• Kyrie Irving makes more threes per game than any other member of the Nets, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 3.6 per contest.
• Irving and DeAndre Jordan lead Brooklyn on the defensive end, with Irving leading the team in steals averaging 1.2 per game and Jordan in blocks averaging 1.4 per contest.

Heat Players to Watch

• Adebayo is atop almost all of the Heat's leaderboards by averaging 20.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
• Duncan Robinson is the most prolific from the three-point line for the Heat, hitting 3.7 threes per game.
• Miami's leader in steals is Jimmy Butler (2.2 per game), and its leader in blocks is Adebayo (0.9 per game).

Injury Report

Nets:

Nicolas Claxton: Out (Right knee),

Spencer Dinwiddie: Out For Season (ACL)

Heat:

KZ Okpala: Day To Day (Left knee),

Maurice Harkless: Out (Thigh),

Goran Dragic: Day To Day (Right foot),

Tyler Herro: Out (Neck),

Gabe Vincent: Day To Day (Right knee),

Chris Silva: Out (Hip),

Jimmy Butler: Out (Health and Safety Protocols),

Meyers Leonard: Out (Shoulder),

Avery Bradley: Out (Health and Safety Protocols)