Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat
Stadium: Crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles)
16.01.2025 06:00
Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on January 16. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.
Claim Your Welcome Bonus!Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers' losing streak, although consisting of only three games, stretched almost not a week. The fact is that one of the recent home games of the Lakers was postponed due to an environmental disaster in California.
As for the directly unfortunate stretch, it began for J.J. Reddick's team in Texas. There, the Lakers lost to Houston (115:119), nearly taking a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, and then unexpectedly lost to Dallas, who played without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving - 97:118. After a forced pause of a few days, the Lakers met with San Antonio at home and lost again, and by more than 20 points - 102:126.
The series of defeats pushed the Los Angeles Lakers back to seventh place in the Western Conference. The Californians have an overall winning balance of 20-17, and the gap from the top-6 is currently 0.5 wins.
Miami Heat
The Heat have been playing without Jimi Butler for quite some time now, but this moment hardly has a negative impact on Erik Spoelstra's team. Now, in particular, Miami has a long road trip and so far a positive balance of wins during this most difficult stretch. In the previous game, the Heat lost to the Los Angeles Clippers (98:109), and before that failed only in overtime against Sacramento (118:123 (102:102)), and also beat Utah (97:92), Golden State (114:98) and Portland (119:98).
Thus, Miami maintained its position in the proximity of the playoff zone of the East. Now the Heat are seventh in the conference with a 20-18 balance, but they are only 0.5 wins behind the top-6.
H2H Meetings
In this championship, the rivals will hold the second and final face-to-face meeting. The first match, which took place in December in Florida, ended in a resounding victory for Miami - 134:93.
Last season, the Heat beat the Lakers twice - 108:107 at home and 110:96 away.
Expert Betting Tips
As the match with San Antonio showed, the Lakers lost their form during the forced break. The Lakers will probably need a matchup with Miami to regain it. The Heat will play their sixth road game in a row, but the odds on a win for Erik Speoelstra's team are overvalued anyway. Let's bet on the Heat with a plus handicap and TU of the Lakers' points scored - Miami has added a lot to their defense lately and haven't allowed more than 111 for four games in a row.
Handicap 2 (-5.5) 1.87
Handicap 2 (-5.5) 1.87
Total 1 Under 110.5 1.86
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