Miami awaits a fearsome opponent!
The replay of the last NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets is scheduled for next night! You can get the betting tip and odds here. The hosts have recently lost three games. At the end of the regular season, Miami has often stepped up a gear in the recent past, but the Spoelstra squad is currently out of step
Miami recently suffered an embarrassing home defeat against the bottom team in the East, Washington. So it will be a tight game with a direct ticket to the postseason. It’s currently good enough for eighth place in the Eastern Conference, which means it wouldn’t be booked as things stand today
The visitors, for their part, arrive in second place in the West, which means they can already plan for the playoffs and the mission of defending their title. For the clash between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets, the prediction of less than 19.5 points by home center Bam Adebayo seems promising
Miami Heat – Statistics & current form
The franchise from Florida was largely without a chance against the Nuggets in last year’s playoffs. They lost the series 4-1, but just making it to the final series was a huge success for Miami.
At the same time, the home side proved once again that they are ideally equipped for the postseason. Miami has reached the finals no fewer than six times in the last 13 seasons of the NBA! The Warriors alone have also made half a dozen appearances in the finals for the NBA crown in this review.
No more than 108 points by the Nuggets?
The form curve has been pointing downwards recently, but the defensive performances are still good. The two most recent opponents, OKC and Washington, scored a maximum of 108 points. In view of this, a bet at odds of 1.85 on the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets to score less than 109.5 points is worth considering.
A limit that the Nuggets did not exceed in their last duel around two weeks ago. You can play the prediction at Bet3000:
Denver Nuggets – Statistics & current form
The champions have put an end to their interim period of weakness in the away games with three recent victories away from home. Before the winning streak, they had lost four out of five away games. Nikola Jokic continues to perform reliably.
The two-time MVP has the second most triple-doubles (21) after Domantas Sabonis (22) of the Sacramento Kings. Jamal Murray is also in stable form. The point guard has topped his season scoring average of 21.1 points in four of the last five games
Like its opponent, the franchise from the foot of the Rocky Mountains has a strong defense. The two teams rank a very good sixth and seventh in the league-wide ranking of fewest opponent points per game.
Low points are a tradition in this pairing
With this in mind, the prediction of less than 214.5 points for the Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets seems worth considering. Few baskets is also not a new pattern in this pairing: none of the past five games ended with more than 203 points!
Miami Heat – Denver Nuggets head-to-head / H2H record
Denver won the last meeting at home in the Ball Arena at the start of the month by the narrow margin of 103-97, thus cementing the Nuggets’ status as a fearsome opponent for the Heat.
Only one of the last twelve encounters did not end in a victory for the franchise from the Western Conference. Miami’s last home win against the Malone squad was also almost six years ago and since then they have suffered six home defeats against Denver.
Miami Heat – Denver Nuggets betting tip
In the clash between Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets, the forecast includes a maximum of 19 points by Bam Adebayo on the side of the hosts. The center takes a large number of his shots in the paint via floater or dunk and will have to deal with Nikola Jokic in particular this time, which means he will be up against a particularly defensively strong “big man” in the visitors’ defense
In addition, his scoring performance has fallen off sharply of late anyway. For the past four games, Adebayo has scored a maximum of 18 points and averaged only around 13 points. The 26-year-old is therefore currently a long way off his seasonal scoring average of 19.9 points
