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Indiana Pacers vs Miami Heat Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 23, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET

Venue: FTX Arena — Miami, FL

Article updated Dec 22, 2:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Indiana is on the road playing Miami at the FTX Arena stadium on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. Miami -5.25 was the opening favorite and current line is Miami

Game outlook

Indiana is on the road playing Miami at the FTX Arena stadium on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. Miami -5.25 was the opening favorite and current line is Miami -6.

Indiana Highlights

With a power ranking of 14, Indiana is ranked #13 in offense (scoring an average of 114.61 per game), #21 in defense (allowing an average of 115.58 points to be scored against them per game) and are 16-16 (18-14 ATS) this season.

Miami Highlights

Miami Heat has a power ranking of 13 and are #29 for offense (scoring an average of 107.97 per game), #5 for defense (giving up an average of 115.58 points per game) and 16-16 (10-20-2 ATS) overall. Indiana went 2-1 (2-1 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Miami.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be IND 118.25, MIA 106.25. 52% of SportsJaw predicts Miami Heat to cover. OddsShark predicts Miami will win, cover the spread, and the total will go over.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Pacers 121 to Heat 126.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Pacers 121 to Heat 126.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NBA Predictions

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Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Indiana Pacers+180 → +203Moved
  • Moneyline · Miami Heat-205 → -240Moved
  • Spread · Indiana Pacers+5.25 (-110) → +6 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Miami Heat-5.25 (-110) → -6 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over226.5 (-110) → 224.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under226.5 (-110) → 224.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Indiana Pacers
2-2 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 3-7-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Miami Heat
0-4 matchup record · 3-6-1 ATS · 4-6-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-22T19:14:09.690Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-12-12Miami Heat 87 · Indiana Pacers 82
  • 2022-11-04Miami Heat 99 · Indiana Pacers 101
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Indiana Pacers defeated Miami Heat 111-108

Indiana Pacers defeated Miami Heat 111-108 on December 23, 2022, a 3-point decision in the series. Indiana Pacers' strongest period was the 3rd quarter, when it outscored its opponent 28-24. Against SportsJaw's recorded Indiana Pacers +6 (-110) spread, Indiana Pacers covered, while the 219 combined points finished under the recorded total of 224.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • Teddy718Spread · Miami Heat -6.5 (-110)Loss
  • JackCohenTotal · Over 225.25 (-110)Loss
  • MuterovinceMoneyline · Miami Heat -270Loss
  • MrshinyMoneyline · Miami Heat -270Loss
  • MrshinySpread · Indiana Pacers +6.5 (-110)Win
  • TowerTalkSportsTotal · Under 225.5 (-110)Win
  • CoolioSpread · Miami Heat -6 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Over 223.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · Miami Heat -6 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 223.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoversSpread · Miami Heat -6 (-110)Loss
  • BadmanSpread · Miami Heat -6 (-110)Loss