Heat vs. Predictions Lakers odds, expert picks, recent stats and trends for January 15th

It’s Wednesday, January 15, and the Miami Heat (20-18) and the Los Angeles Lakers (20-17) are ready to leave the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

This is the last game of a 6 game road trip for Miami. They are 3-2 through the first five games. The Heat lost 109-98 to the Clippers on Monday night to snap a 3-game winning streak. Tyler Herro led the way with 32 for the Heat. The Lakers also played on Monday night. LeBron and company. lost to the Spurs 126-102. It was Los Angeles’ third straight loss.

The Heat are currently 9-11 on the road with a +2 point differential, while the Lakers are 5-5 in their last ten home games.

We’ve got all the information and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest on how to catch the tip, odds, recent team performance, player stats and of course our predictions, picks and best bets for the game from our modeling tools and our team of experts.

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Game details on: Heat vs. Lakers today

• Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
• Time: 10:00 PM EST
• Place: Crypto.com Arena
• City: Los Angeles, CA

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Game odds for Heat vs. lakers

Latest odds from Wednesday:

• Odds: Heat (+144), Lakers (-171)
• Spread: Lakers -3.5
• Over/Under: 217 points

That gives the Heat an implied team point total of 107.78 and the Lakers 109.6.

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Expert picks and predictions for Heat vs. Wednesday’s Lakers

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Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas) likes the home team in this one: Los Angeles Lakers -4.5 (-125)
“The Miami Heat have been on the road since Jan. 6. Five games without a home game. They now play at 10:00 PM tonight in LA in a game where LA will want to use the energy of the crowd and the unlucky wildfires to push them to a win. The Heat are without Jimmy Butler and may be without Bam Adebayo. Classic fade point.”

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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread, and over/under bets for each game on the NBA schedule based on data points such as recent performance, player matchups, trend information and projected game totals.

After the model has finished running, we put its projections next to the last betting lines so that the game reaches a relative confidence level for each bet.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for today’s Heat & Lakers game:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet stays away from a Moneyline play.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning toward an ATS game on the Miami Heat at +3.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards an OVER play at the Game Total of 217.

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Important stats, trends and knowledge to know before Heat vs. Lakers Wednesday

• The UNDER is 20-17 in Lakers games this season
• The Heat are 9-12 against the spread on the road this season
• The Lakers have lost 3 games in a row
• Betting the Heat on the money line in all of their road games this season is showing a 108% return on investment.

If you’re looking for more trends and key stats on the spread, moneyline and total for each game on today’s schedule, check out our NBA’s top trending tool on NBC Sports!

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