Heat vs Jazz – NBA Picks and Predictions (2/12/20)

The current odds have the Jazz as -4.5 point favorites and the over/under at 217 total points. The betting public have 52% of their money on Utah as home favorites. These two teams last played in each in late December where Miami took the W at home 107-104.

Miami comes into this game 35-18 overall, 13-15 on the road including their Monday victory 113-101 vs the Golden State Warriors. Jimmy Butler came back from injury and led the team with an impressive game, putting up 21 points, 10 rebounds to go along with 5 assists. Newly acquired Jae Crowder also came to play putting up 21 points, but they’ll be going up against this Jazz defense who at home are ranked 4th in the league holding their opponents to just 104 points game. On the road this season, Miami is scoring an average of 107.7 points per game. Tyler Herro is still ruled out due to the ankle injury he suffered last week. The Heat are 3-7 against the spread in their last 10 games against Utah and the total has gone under in 5 of Miami’s last 6 games on the road.

Utah comes into this battle also 35-18 overall, but an impressive 19-5 at home and winners of their last 3 games against the Mavs, Rockets and Trail Blazers. They look to continue that momentum where in these 3 games they’ve averaged scoring 118 points. The X Factor is this game will be the matchup between Utah’s Rudy Gobear, who’s one of the NBA’s leaders in double doubles this season facing the Heat’s all star Bam Adeebuyo. Utah is 9-0 against the spread in their last 9 games against an opponent in the Eastern conference and the total has gone over in 12 of the Jazz’s last 18 games.

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