Houston Rockets vs Miami Heat Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 7 (3/7): NBA

Houston Rockets vs Miami Heat Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 7 (3/7): NBA

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Odds
Time 9:00 p.m. EST
Rockets money line +900
Rockets spread +15 (-110)
Heat money line -1600
Heat spread -15 (-110)
Over / under 226.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Houston Rockets Miami Heat
Record 16-48 43-22
Road / home record 7-27 22-7
Streak W1 L1
Points per game 108.40 109.49
Points allowed per game 117.95 104.60
Rebounds per game 42.19 44.32
Rebounds allowed per game 45.56 41.68
Over / under record 35-28-1 38-27

 

Preview

The Houston Rockets travel to Miami to take on the Heat on Monday night. This is the 2nd time these teams face off this season, the Heat beat the Rockets 120-110 at Houston.

HOUSTON ROCKETS

The Rockets finally broke their losing streak when they upset the Grizzlies 123-112. Kevin Porter Jr. scored 29 points, Christian Wood added 28 points and 13 rebounds and the Houston Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 123-112 on Sunday night to end a 12-game losing streak.

Wood is scoring 17.7 points per game with 10.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Rockets. J. Tate is averaging 3.1 assists per game for Houston.

In their last 10 games the Rockets are 1-9, averaging 111.3 points, 40.4 rebounds, 24.4 assists, 7.2 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 123.1 points per game.

INJURIES: Wall is out. Schroder and Garuba are questionable.

MIAMI HEAT 

The Heat have won their last 2 games and are 22-7 at home, they have a 43-22 record overall ranking first in the Southeast. In their last game Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler each scored 21 points, and the Heat pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the 76ers 99-82 on Saturday night.

Jimmy Butler leads the team with 21.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.7 assists per contest. Tyler Herro kicks in 20.6 points, Kyle Lowry is averaging 13.4 points and 7.9 assists for the Heat. Bam Adebayo is averaging 22.7 points over the last 10 games for Miami.

In their last 10 games the Heat are 8-2, averaging 112.8 points, 43.5 rebounds, 24.5 assists, 7.5 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 105.9 points per game.

INJURIES: Lowry and Morris are out. Oladipo and Martin are questionable.

BETTING TRENDS

Houston are 5-12 ATS in their last 17 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games.

Miami are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games against Houston.

Prediction

The Rockets showed signs of live when they beat the Grizzlies at home but they're still really bad defensively and they're facing one of the best defensive teams in the league. The Heat are allowing 103.83 ppg at home so expect the Rockets to struggle on this game. These are a lot of points to cover but I can't trust the Rockets on the road.

PICK: Heat -15 (-110)

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