New Orleans Pelicans at Miami Heat NBA Pick – Odds and ATS Predictions

The Miami Heat (7-13) will host the New Orleans Pelicans (11-11) on Friday, November 30th, 2018 when the two square off in South Beach. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 PM and scheduled to be televised on FSN. The two teams last met in The Big Easy in February where overtime was required to determine a victor and New Orleans got that win by a mere point defeating the Heat, 124-123. Overall, NOLA has won three of the last four contests between the two teams in this cross-conference clash. The Heat are 5-1 ATS in the previous six meetings between the two sides.

New Orleans Pelicans at Miami Heat Overview

New Orleans Pelicans

The Pelicans snapped a four-game losing streak with style when they dominated the Washington Wizards at home on Wednesday defeating the Wizards by a score of 125-104 to generate an easy cover as a 6.5-point favorite. The man, the myth, the legend himself point man Jrue Holiday led the way with 29 points on the night.

Miami Heat

Contrarily, the Heat enters into this affair on a two-game losing streak and have been in poor form overall winning just two contests in their last ten outings. Most recently, the Heat fell at home on Tuesday when they hosted divisional rival Atlanta and fell 115-113 despite being favored by 7.5 points.

Reasons To Avoid New Orleans

The Pelicans are at risk to come in flat here as they own a ghastly 2-9 SU record on the road this season. This is an outfit that has lost its last four games away from The Big Easy and has fallen to the likes of the New York Knicks and the very same Washington Wizards team they blew out with ease on Wednesday when they step outside of town. It is without question that this team is prone to play down to the level of their opponents when they are in less than affable confines.

Reasons To Back Miami

What we have here is a potential buy-low and sell-high situation developing before our very eyes. Undoubtedly the combination of New Orleans’ blowout win combined with Miami’s let-down loss against one of the most maligned teams in the league is influencing the public perception of this contest. With the low-hanging fruit, the Pelicans look like an easy play here, but it is usually spots like that this that warrant a closer look at the underdog. Furthermore, Miami also has had an extra day of rest and preparation for this match.