New Orleans Pelicans vs Miami Heat prediction

HomeNew Orleans Pelicans3–1, 3rd in Western Conference AwayMiami Heat3–2, 7th in Eastern Conference

Tip-offSun, Jan 3, 12:00 AM UTC

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Last meeting

Oct 8

Miami Heat128–118New Orleans Pelicans

Tale of the tape

New Orleans PelicansBefore tip-offMiami Heat

0–1Season record0–1
0–1Home / road recordThe home team at home, the away team on the road0–0
0–1Last 10 games0–1
L1Current streakL1
120.0Points per game106.0
123.0Points allowed per game131.0
−3.0Average margin−25.0
1 dayRest before this game1 day
0Games in the last 7 days0
50.0Rebounds per game34.0
23.0Assists per game25.0
10.0Three-pointers made per game8.0
43.0Bench points per game24.0

Team numbers per game from the last 1 box scores; records and scoring from this season in this competition.

Quarter by quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
New Orleans Pelicans	−7.031.0–38.0	+17.035.0–18.0	−4.026.0–30.0	−9.028.0–37.0
Miami Heat	−2.032.0–34.0	−8.027.0–35.0	−8.022.0–30.0	−7.025.0–32.0

Average margin per period over each team's last 10 games in this competition, with scored–allowed underneath.

Key matchup

Dejounte MurrayGuard · New Orleans PelicansVSGiannis AntetokounmpoForward · Miami Heat

Leading scorers · averages over the last 1 games

23.0Points35.0
3.0Rebounds6.0
7.0Assists1.0
2.0Three-pointers made0.0
34.4Minutes29.8

Team leaders

New Orleans PelicansThis seasonMiami Heat

Points · PPG
Dejounte Murray1 game23.0 Giannis Antetokounmpo1 game35.0
Rebounds · RPG
Missi Y.1 game14.0 Bam Adebayo1 game7.0
Assists · APG
Dejounte Murray1 game7.0 Davion Mitchell1 game10.0
Three-pointers made · 3PM
Trey Murphy1 game2.0 Klay Thompson1 game3.0

Per-game averages this season in this competition from the box scores so far (1 per team); current squads only.

Key battles

Guards

Dejounte MurrayVSDavion Mitchell

PTS: 23.0·11.0
REB: 3.0·0.0
AST: 7.0·10.0

Forwards

Zion WilliamsonVSGiannis Antetokounmpo

PTS: 22.0·35.0
REB: 4.0·6.0
AST: 3.0·1.0

Forwards

Trey MurphyVSAndrew Wiggins

PTS: 11.0·11.0
REB: 4.0·2.0
AST: 1.0·1.0

Cross-matchup

Missi Y.VSBam Adebayo

PTS: 13.0·15.0
REB: 14.0·7.0
AST: 5.0·4.0

Cross-matchup

Fears J.VSKlay Thompson

PTS: 8.0·10.0
REB: 3.0·1.0
AST: 1.0·0.0

Player projectionsPro

Likely lineups

Home

New Orleans Pelicans

Likely starting five

Dejounte Murray
Guard · Started 1 of last 1
PPG
23.0
RPG
3.0
APG
7.0
Zion Williamson
Forward · Started 1 of last 1
PPG
22.0
RPG
4.0
APG
3.0
Trey Murphy
Forward · Started 1 of last 1
PPG
11.0
RPG
4.0
APG
1.0
Missi Y.
Started 1 of last 1
PPG
13.0
RPG
14.0
APG
5.0
Fears J.
Started 1 of last 1
PPG
8.0
RPG
3.0
APG
1.0

Away

Miami Heat

Likely starting five

Davion Mitchell
Guard · Started 1 of last 1
PPG
11.0
RPG
0.0
APG
10.0
Bam Adebayo
Center · Started 1 of last 1
PPG
15.0
RPG
7.0
APG
4.0
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Forward · Started 1 of last 1
PPG
35.0
RPG
6.0
APG
1.0
Andrew Wiggins
Forward · Started 1 of last 1
PPG
11.0
RPG
2.0
APG
1.0
Klay Thompson
Guard · Started 1 of last 1
PPG
10.0
RPG
1.0
APG
0.0

Full lineups and bench

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