Toronto Raptors vs Miami Heat Prediction: will the Heat break the losing streak?

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on February 22. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Toronto

The Raptors began to win at a certain point in the second half of the championship, but then, apparently, realizing that the tournament tasks in the current championship is not reasonable for them to solve, they began to lose again. On the eve of the MVP break, the team lost five of their last six games. First Toronto lost to New York (115:121) and Memphis (107:138) on their home court, then lost away to Oklahoma (109:121) and Houston (87:94), and then beat Philadelphia (106:103) on the road and failed to beat Cleveland (108:131) at home.

Now the Canadian team is again noticeably behind the play-in zone, strengthened on the 13th place in the Eastern Conference. Toronto's overall win balance is 17-38.

Miami

The Heat, unlike the Raptors, did not give up the tournament fight. However, after the trade of Jimmy Butler, the team simply can't find their game yet. Perhaps a pause in the championship will help Miami, but the Floridians went into it having lost six of their last eight games, and specifically on the eve of their trip to Toronto - four in a row. The Heat have alternately failed on the road against Brooklyn (86:102), at home against Boston (85:103), and away against Oklahoma (101:115) and Dallas (113:118).

At the same time, Miami still hasn't fallen out of the race for the top-6, and the team's entry into the play-in is not in doubt at all. The Heat are in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a balance of 25-28 and are 3.0 wins behind the top six.

H2H Meetings

In this championship, the rivals have met three times, and so far Miami has the advantage - 2:1. Only home wins have been recorded.

Expert Betting Tips

Toronto is much less ambitious this season than Miami, who still expects to be in the top-6 of the Eastern Conference at the end of the regular season. Taking into account the tournament motivation factor, we're going to pick a Heat victory in the upcoming game. In addition, we bet on TU, as Miami has been playing mostly low-scoring games since the Jimmy Butler trade.

Total Under 220.5 for 1.91

Handicap 2 (+3.5) for 2.00

Total Under 220.5 for 1.85