The Miami Heat play the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET in the season opener for both teams. The matchup airs on BSSUN and BSFL.
The Heat take on the Magic in a game projected to be a hard-fought matchup. The Heat are favored by just 1.5 points against the Magic. The point total for the game is 210.5.
Heat vs. Magic betting odds
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- Spread: Miami -1.5
- Total: 210.5
- Moneyline: Miami -120, Orlando +100
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Prediction
- Pick ATS: Heat (- 1.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (210.5)
- Prediction:
Heat 110 – Magic 108
Moneyline
- The Heat won 35 of the 47 games they were favored on the moneyline last season (74.5%).
- When it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -120 or shorter last year, Miami finished with a record of 33-12 (73.3%).
- The Heat have a 54.5% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- Last season, Orlando won 17 out of the 44 games, or 38.6%, in which it was the underdog.
- The Magic had a record of 16-25 in games where oddsmakers had them as underdogs of at least +100 on the moneyline.
- Orlando has a 50.0% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- Last year, the 110.1 points per game the Heat put up were just 1.7 more points than the Magic allowed (108.4).
- When Miami totaled more than 108.4 points last season, it went 29-14-2 against the spread and 35-10 overall.
- Orlando put together a 38-9 ATS record and a 36-11 overall record last season in games it scored more than 108.4 points.
- Miami’s record was 30-16-4 against the spread and 35-15 overall when it gave up fewer than 110.5 points last season.
- Last season, the Heat were the league’s 26th-ranked scoring team (110.1 PPG), while the Magic were the third-ranked defense in terms of points per game (108.4) in NBA action.
- Orlando was the NBA’s 24th-ranked offense (110.5 PPG) a season ago, while Miami allowed the third-ranked average points per game (108.4).
- The Heat outscored their opponents by a total of 144 points last season (1.7 points per game on average), and the Magic put up 166 more points than their opponents on the year (2.1 per game).
Over/Under
- Miami had an average implied point total of 113.0 last season, which is 7.0 points higher than its implied total in Wednesday’s game (106).
- Last season, Miami outscored its implied point total for this matchup (106) 56 times.
- The 113.3-point average implied total last season for Orlando is 8.3 more points than the team’s 105-point implied total in this matchup.
How to watch Heat vs. Magic
- Game day: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Game time: 7:30 PM ET
- TV channel: BSSUN and BSFL
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Arena: Kaseya Center
- Live stream: Watch this game Fubo
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