Cavaliers vs. Heat Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – January 29
Published 10:16 pm Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Cleveland Cavaliers (37-9) play the Miami Heat (23-22) as 7.5-point favorites on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET on FDSSUN and FDSOH.
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Cavaliers vs. Heat Game Info & Odds
- Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: FDSSUN and FDSOH
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: Kaseya Center
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Cavaliers vs. Heat Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Cavaliers 117 – Heat 111
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Spread & Total Prediction for Cavaliers vs. Heat
- Pick ATS: Heat (+ 7.5)
- Computer Predicted Spread: Cavaliers (-5.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (227.5)
- Computer Predicted Total: 227.6
- The Cavaliers (30-16-0 ATS) have covered the spread 65.2% of the time, 18.5% more often than the Heat (21-24-0) this year.
- Cleveland (16-11) covers a lower percentage of games when it is favored by 7.5 points or more this season (59.3%) than Miami (3-2) does as a 7.5+-point underdog (60%).
- When it comes to exceeding the total in 2024-25, Miami and its opponents don’t do it as often (55.6% of the time) as Cleveland and its opponents (63%).
- As a moneyline underdog this year, the Heat are 7-12, while the Cavaliers are 35-7 as moneyline favorites.
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Cavaliers Performance Insights
- The Cavaliers are allowing 112.1 points per game this season (11th-ranked in NBA), but they’ve really thrived on offense, putting up 121.8 points per contest (second-best).
- So far this year, Cleveland is averaging 44.1 rebounds per game (17th-ranked in NBA) and ceding 43.7 rebounds per contest (13th-ranked).
- With 29 assists per game, the Cavaliers rank third-best in the league in the category.
- Cleveland is forcing 14.1 turnovers per game this year (10th-ranked in NBA), but it has committed only 12.3 turnovers per contest (fourth-best).
- The Cavaliers have been thriving in terms of three-point shooting this season, ranking second-best in the NBA in three-pointers per game (16.2) and best in three-point percentage (39.5%).
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Heat Performance Insights
- At 111 points scored per game and 110.4 points conceded, the Heat are 21st in the league on offense and seventh on defense.
- In 2024-25, Miami is 20th in the league in rebounds (43.8 per game) and fifth-worst in rebounds conceded (45.7).
- This season the Heat are ranked 13th in the NBA in assists at 26.4 per game.
- In terms of turnovers, Miami is fifth-best in the league in committing them (12.6 per game). It is 20th in forcing them (13.1 per game).
- Beyond the arc, the Heat are sixth in the NBA in 3-pointers made per game (14.2). They are 11th in 3-point percentage at 36.7%.
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