The Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 26.02.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:00 UK;
Venue – Spectrum Center (19.077);
City – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+8) for Hornets – 1.556.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 230 – 1.645.
Against the Hornets, the Heat must break their losing streak. There’s no better opponent to accomplish this task. The Hornets do not have as good a roster as Miami. In addition, the Florida team has won 4 of their last 5 meetings against the Heat. We think the visitors will defeat the Hornets again.
In four of the Heat’s last five games, the teams have not scored more than 226.5 points. This is unlikely to be the case against the Hornets. It’s more likely that the visitors from Florida will choose their favourite model of the game.
The Charlotte Hornets unexpectedly went into halftime with two wins under their belt, but against the Miami Heat, it is unlikely that the home team will be able to count on a win, as their opponent is strong.
The Hornets defeated the Spurs (120-110) in the last game they played. Only a lazy man can beat the Spurs, so it’s no surprise that Lamelo Ball and company got the win. The Hornets’ main star made a triple-double with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
The Charlotte Hornets are in penultimate place in the Eastern Conference with 17 wins and 43 losses. The Hornets won their last meeting against the Miami Heat but had lost eight previous games to the Heat.
The Miami Heat has two losses in its last two games, but its overall level of preparation, both physical and tactical, is at a decent level.
In the lost game against the Brooklyn Nets (116-105), Bam Adebayo’s 24 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists did not help the Heat. After that, there was a loss to Milwaukee Bucks (128-99).
The Miami Heat currently sits in seventh place in their conference with 32 wins and 27 losses. It’s time for Spoelstra’s men to rectify the situation because this is the way to fly out of the play-off zone.
Spoelstra and his club are clear favourites against Charlotte.
The Hornets have held a five-point plus handicap in two of their three head-to-head games.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Charlotte Hornets: LaMelo Ball – Dennis Smith Jr. – Gordon Hayward – PJ Washington – Mark Williams.
Miami Heat: Gabe Vincent – Tyler Herro – Jimmy Butler – Caleb Martin – Bam Adebayo.
Cody Martin (Out) and Theo Maledon (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Charlotte Hornets.
Nikola Jovic (Out), Omer Yurtseven (Out) and Kyle Lowry (Out) are injured players for the Miami Heat.
The fixture will be played at Spectrum Center (19.077) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 26th of February, 2023, at 00:00 UK Time.
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