Los Angeles Clippers vs Miami Heat Prediction: will the Heat win the game?

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on January 14. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Los Angeles Clippers

LAC has played its last two matches on the road, Jan. 7 and Jan. 9. Both times the team lost. First, the Californians lost a hard-fought game to Minnesota (106:108). Then the Clippers unexpectedly lost to Denver (103:126) without Nikola Jokic, who played in a truncated lineup.

The Clippers have already lost four of their last five games, but all of those losses were away from home. The Clippers won the only game in this stretch at home - 131:105 over Atlanta. In the Western Conference standings, the California club is in seventh place with a 20-17 record and is 0.5 wins behind the top-6.

Miami Heat

The Heat will play their fifth match on the road. The team started this stretch with an overtime loss to Sacramento - 118:123 (102:102). Then Miami won three games in a row - against Golden State (115:98), Utah (97:92) and Portland (119:98). An excellent and unexpected stretch, given the absence of the team's longtime leader Jimmy Butler.

In the East, the Heat are locked in the playoff zone. More precisely, they share sixth place with Milwaukee with a 20-17 balance. Also note that Miami is currently in the top-10 of the defense rankings - seventh place with an average passer rating of 109.3 points per game. The Clippers, by the way, are higher - fifth with 108.4 passing points per game.

H2H Stats

Last season, the Clippers beat Miami in both of their head-to-head games, and a season earlier the Heat were twice stronger.

Expert Betting Tips

Miami won three games in a row, consistently showing quality basketball and conceding less than a hundred points per game during this stretch. In this regard, it is unclear why the Heat are offered such high odds here. We believe that this is wrong and bet with a plus handicap on the guests. Also, we take the total under, because two defenses from the top-7 of this season will face each other.