The Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 01.02.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:00 UK;
Venue – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (19.432);
City – Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for Cavaliers – 1.664.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 214 – 1.618.
It is unlikely that the weakened Heat will be able to put up much of a fight against the Cavs. Without Jimmy Butler, it will be very difficult. The Heat already lost to the Cavaliers by 26 points in November. We expect another convincing win for the home team.
Butler’s absence will affect the Heat’s offensive performance. In this case, the Heat will probably not be able to play their best game. It’s likely to be a low-scoring encounter.
The Cleveland Cavaliers alternated between wins and defeats during the season. In their home game, the Cavaliers defeated the Los Angeles Clippers (122-99). Cedi Osman contributed to the victory. He scored 29 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Behind shoulders, the team also had wins over the Houston Rockets (113:95) and Milwaukee Bucks (114:102). There were also losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder (100-112) and New York Knicks (103-105).
The Cleveland Cavs are in fifth place in the East with 31 wins and 21 losses. The team is only one win away from the Top 4.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have won 80.8% of their games at home (21-5).
The Cavs’ average game total is 218.4 points.
The Heat are in sixth place. The team has a positive balance of wins and losses. The team was successful in 28 games and lost in 23.
In the last match of the game day, the Miami Heat lost on the road to the Charlotte Hornets (117:122). The loss snapped a three-game winning streak. In that game, Jimmy Butler scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.
Prior to that, the Heat defeated the Orlando Magic (110-105), Boston Celtics (98-95) and New Orleans Pelicans (100-96).
The Heat’s average game total is 217.0 points.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Cleveland Cavaliers: Darius Garland – Donovan Mitchell – Isaac Okoro – Evan Mobley – Jarrett Allen.
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry – Tyler Herro – Jimmy Butler – Caleb Martin – Bam Adebayo.
Dylan Windler (Out) and Kevin Love (Out) are listed as injured for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Nikola Jovic (Out), Duncan Robinson (Out), Omer Yurtseven (Out), Jimmy Butler (Day-to-day) and Gabe Vincent (Day-to-day) are injured players for the Miami Heat.
The fixture will be played at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (19.432) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 1st of February, 2023, at 00:00 UK Time.
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