NBA Best Bets: Heat vs. Hornets Picks for October 26

Published 4:42 am Saturday, October 26, 2024

The Miami Heat (0-1) visit the Charlotte Hornets (1-1) in a matchup of Southeast Division teams at Spectrum Center, starting at 7:00 PM ET on Saturday, October 26, 2024. The Heat are 4.5-point favorites in the game, the first matchup between the teams this season.

Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Saturday’s game, before you make a wager on this matchup?

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Heat vs. Hornets Game Info

  • When: Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
  • Where: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • TV: FDSSE and FDSSUN
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Heat vs. Hornets Best Bets

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Terry Rozier Over 15.5 PTS

  • Last season the Heat were at the 26th spot in the NBA scoring rankings (110.1 points per game), while the Hornets conceded the 22nd-fewest points (116.8 per game) in the league.
  • Last season the Heat averaged 6.7 fewer points (110.1 per game) than the Hornets conceded (116.8).

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LaMelo Ball Over 23.5 PTS

  • The 28th-ranked scoring team in the NBA was Charlotte a season ago (106.6 points per game), while Miami was third-ranked defensively (108.4 points conceded per game).
  • Charlotte put together a 20-19 record in games when it scored more than 108.4 points.

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Pick ATS: Hornets (+ 4.5)

  • Miami beat the spread 41 times in 82 games last season.
  • Charlotte’s record against the spread last season was 34-48-0.
  • The Heat had an ATS record of 10-13 as 4.5-point favorites or greater last season.
  • Against the spread, as underdogs of 4.5 points or more, the Hornets went 30-38 last year.

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Pick OU:

Under (223.5)

  • The Heat’s 82 games last season went over this contest’s total of 223.5 points 29 times.
  • The Hornets played 40 games last season that went over 223.5 combined points scored.
  • Miami’s matchups last season had an average of 220.7 points, 2.8 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
  • Charlotte had a 223.9 average amount of points in its contests last year, 0.4 fewer points than this game’s over/under.

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Moneyline Pick: Hornets (+155)

  • The Heat put together a 35-12 record in games they were favored on the moneyline last season (winning 74.5% of those games).
  • The Hornets won 18, or 23.7%, of the 76 games they played as underdogs last season.
  • Miami had a record of 17-5 in games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -190 or shorter last year (77.3%).
  • Last season, Charlotte won 15 of its 67 games, or 22.4%, when it was the underdog by at least +155 on the moneyline.
  • Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Heat have an implied win probability of 65.5%.

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