3/22/2024 Miami v. New Orleans Game Preview

New Orleans Pelicans (43-27, 23-14 away)
Miami Heat (38-32, 17-16 home)
March 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

FTX Arena
Miami, Florida

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Heat vs. Pelicans Prediction: Odds, Spread & Insights for March 22

On Friday, March 22, 2024, the Miami Heat (38-31) take on the New Orleans Pelicans (42-27) at 8:00 PM ET on NBA TV, BSSUN, and WVUE.

The Heat will face the Pelicans, and are favored by 3 points. The over/under for this game has been set at 208 points.

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Heat vs. Pelicans game info

  • Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
  • Time: 8:00 PM ET
  • How to Watch on TV: NBA TV, BSSUN, and WVUE
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Venue: Kaseya Center
  • Spread: Miami -3
  • Moneylines: Miami -148, New Orleans +125
  • Total: 208 points

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Prediction: Who will win the Heat vs. Pelicans game?

  • Prediction: Pelicans 112 - Heat 110
  • Pick ATS: Pelicans (+ 3)
  • Pick OU: Over (208)

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Heat vs. Pelicans Odds, Spread, Over/Under

Favorite Spread Total
Heat -3 208

Heat vs. Pelicans betting insights

  • Miami has 31 wins in 69 games against the spread this season.
  • The Heat's ATS record as 3-point favorites or more is 9-15-2.
  • New Orleans has beaten the spread 39 times in 69 games.
  • The Pelicans' ATS record as 3-point underdogs or greater is 11-6-1.
  • A total of 50 times so far this season, Miami and its opponent have combined for more than 208 points.
  • Pelicans games have had over 208 points 57 times this year.
  • The total for this matchup is 208 points, 17.5 fewer than the combined scoring average of the two teams.

Heat vs. Pelicans stat comparison

Heat Rank Heat AVG Pelicans AVG Pelicans Rank
27th 109.7 Points Scored 115.8 13th
4th 109.2 Points Allowed 110.9 8th
24th 42.2 Rebounds 44.4 7th
26th 9.4 Off. Rebounds 10.7 12th
18th 12.2 3pt Made 12.2 18th
21st 25.6 Assists 27.2 11th
6th 11.9 Turnovers 12.6 15th

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Heat top performers

  • Bam Adebayo: 19.9 PTS, 10.6 REB, 1.1 STL, 51.7 FG%, 31.6 3PT% (6-for-19)
  • Jimmy Butler: 21.6 PTS, 1.4 STL, 50.2 FG%, 42.5 3PT% (48-for-113)
  • Jaime Jaquez: 12.5 PTS, 1.1 STL, 48.9 FG%, 32.0 3PT% (55-for-172)
  • Terry Rozier: 23.2 PTS, 6.6 AST, 1.1 STL, 45.9 FG%, 35.8 3PT% (83-for-232)
  • Caleb Martin: 10.5 PTS, 44.8 FG%, 37.7 3PT% (69-for-183)

Pelicans top performers

  • Zion Williamson: 22.7 PTS, 5.0 AST, 58.3 FG%, 35.7 3PT% (5-for-14)
  • Jonas Valančiūnas: 12.6 PTS, 9.2 REB, 56.0 FG%, 34.3 3PT% (36-for-105)
  • CJ McCollum: 18.3 PTS, 45.7 FG%, 41.2 3PT% (170-for-413)
  • Herbert Jones: 11.1 PTS, 1.3 STL, 51.8 FG%, 43.3 3PT% (91-for-210)
  • Trey Murphy III: 14.0 PTS, 44.3 FG%, 37.3 3PT% (122-for-327)
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Season Series - Tied 1-1

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 23, 2024 Miami New Orleans 106 - 95 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 22, 2024 New Orleans Miami 111 - 88 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena

2023-2024 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
New Orleans8248.0115.142.587.4.48612.532.6.38317.622.8.77110.433.644.027.08.34.613.018.4
Miami8248.2110.139.885.6.46512.533.7.37018.022.0.8189.333.042.325.87.53.412.717.3
NOP Opponents8248.0110.740.587.3.46413.538.7.34916.220.7.78310.132.242.326.86.55.214.018.4
MIA Opponents8248.1108.440.286.0.46713.036.8.35315.019.2.7809.233.542.826.56.64.713.918.9


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 23, 2024 Miami New Orleans 106 - 95 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 22, 2023 New Orleans Miami 96 - 100 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Jan 18, 2023 Miami New Orleans 124 - 98 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 10, 2022 Miami New Orleans 112 - 97 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 17, 2021 New Orleans Miami 98 - 113 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 4, 2021 Miami New Orleans 103 - 93 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 25, 2020 New Orleans Miami 98 - 111 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 6, 2020 Miami New Orleans 104 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 16, 2019 New Orleans Miami 94 - 109 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Dec 16, 2018 Miami New Orleans 102 - 96 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 30, 2018 New Orleans Miami 101 - 106 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Feb 23, 2018 Miami New Orleans 123 - 124 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2017 New Orleans Miami 109 - 94 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 15, 2017 New Orleans Miami 112 - 120 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Dec 23, 2016 Miami New Orleans 87 - 91 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 22, 2016 Miami New Orleans 113 - 99 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 25, 2015 New Orleans Miami 88 - 94 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Feb 27, 2015 Miami New Orleans 102 - 104 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 21, 2015 New Orleans Miami 105 - 91 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 22, 2014 Miami New Orleans 95 - 105 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 7, 2014 New Orleans Miami 88 - 107 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 29, 2013 Miami New Orleans 108 - 89 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 8, 2012 New Orleans Miami 90 - 106 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Jan 30, 2012 New Orleans Miami 95 - 109 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Dec 13, 2010 New Orleans Miami 84 - 96 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Nov 5, 2010 Miami New Orleans 93 - 96 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 30, 2009 Miami New Orleans 91 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 22, 2009 New Orleans Miami 101 - 102 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Apr 7, 2009 New Orleans Miami 93 - 87 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Nov 8, 2008 Miami New Orleans 89 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 2, 2008 New Orleans Miami 106 - 77 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Jan 11, 2008 Miami New Orleans 88 - 114 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 18, 2006 New Orleans Miami 99 - 101 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Nov 21, 2006 Miami New Orleans 86 - 101 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Jan 4, 2006 Miami New Orleans 92 - 107 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Nov 15, 2005 New Orleans Miami 102 - 109 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Apr 2, 2005 Miami New Orleans 111 - 99 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 23, 2005 New Orleans Miami 68 - 97 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
May 4, 2004 New Orleans Miami 77 - 85 Miami Playoffs FTX Arena
May 2, 2004 Miami New Orleans 83 - 89 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 30, 2004 New Orleans Miami 83 - 87 Miami Playoffs FTX Arena
Apr 27, 2004 Miami New Orleans 85 - 96 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 24, 2004 Miami New Orleans 71 - 77 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 21, 2004 New Orleans Miami 63 - 93 Miami Playoffs FTX Arena
Apr 18, 2004 New Orleans Miami 79 - 81 Miami Playoffs FTX Arena
Mar 16, 2004 New Orleans Miami 83 - 96 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 10, 2004 Miami New Orleans 84 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 31, 2004 Miami New Orleans 94 - 70 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 25, 2003 New Orleans Miami 87 - 91 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 14, 2003 New Orleans Miami 87 - 83 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Feb 26, 2003 Miami New Orleans 82 - 91 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 11, 2003 New Orleans Miami 78 - 69 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Nov 2, 2002 Miami New Orleans 95 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center

2023-2024 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. McCollum H. Jones B. Ingram T. Murphy III J. Valanciunas
Rotation J. Alvarado D. Daniels N. Marshall Z. Williamson L. Nance, Jr.
Lim PT   J. Hawkins M. Ryan J. Robinson-Earl C. Zeller
Lim PT   M. Hill   E. Liddell  
Lim PT   D. Seabron      

2023-2024 Miami Heat Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Herro C. Martin J. Butler N. Jovic B. Adebayo
Rotation D. Wright D. Robinson J. Jaquez, Jr. H. Highsmith T. Bryant
Rotation         K. Love
Lim PT T. Rozier P. Mills J. Cain C. Swider O. Robinson
Lim PT J. Richardson A. Williams      

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
15 Jose Alvarado G 56 18.4 7.1 2.5 6.2 .412 1.4 3.7 .377 0.6 0.9 .673 0.4 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.7 1.6
11 Dyson Daniels GF 61 22.3 5.8 2.3 5.1 .447 0.7 2.2 .311 0.6 0.9 .642 1.0 2.9 3.9 2.7 1.4 0.4 1.0 1.7
24 Jordan Hawkins G 67 17.3 7.8 2.6 6.8 .382 1.6 4.4 .366 1.0 1.2 .838 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.1
33 Malcolm Hill G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Brandon Ingram SF 64 32.9 20.8 7.8 15.9 .492 1.3 3.8 .355 3.8 4.8 .801 0.7 4.4 5.1 5.7 0.8 0.6 2.5 2.3
5 Herb Jones SF 76 30.5 11.0 3.9 7.7 .498 1.5 3.6 .418 1.8 2.1 .867 1.0 2.6 3.6 2.6 1.4 0.8 1.2 2.9
32 E.J. Liddell PF 8 2.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 .167 0.0 0.6 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
8 Naji Marshall SF 66 19.0 7.1 2.6 5.6 .463 0.9 2.3 .387 1.0 1.3 .791 0.8 2.8 3.6 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.0 1.4
3 C.J. McCollum G 66 32.7 20.0 7.3 16.0 .459 3.6 8.4 .429 1.7 2.1 .827 0.6 3.7 4.3 4.6 0.9 0.6 1.7 1.9
25 Trey Murphy III G 57 29.7 14.8 4.8 10.9 .443 3.0 7.8 .380 2.2 2.6 .815 0.7 4.2 4.9 2.2 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.2
22 Larry Nance, Jr. SF 61 19.9 5.7 2.3 4.0 .573 0.4 1.1 .415 0.8 1.0 .770 1.5 3.5 5.0 1.9 1.0 0.3 0.8 1.6
50 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl PF 39 8.6 2.9 1.2 2.4 .474 0.3 1.0 .333 0.3 0.4 .750 0.6 1.4 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6
37 Matt Ryan SF 28 13.9 5.4 1.8 4.0 .434 1.5 3.2 .451 0.5 0.5 .929 0.2 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.1
0 Dereon Seabron SG 6 9.2 2.3 0.7 2.2 .308 0.2 0.3 .500 0.8 1.0 .833 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.7
17 Jonas Valanciunas C 82 23.5 12.2 4.9 8.8 .559 0.5 1.5 .308 2.0 2.5 .785 2.3 6.5 8.8 2.1 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.7
1 Zion Williamson PF 70 31.5 22.9 8.9 15.6 .570 0.1 0.3 .333 5.0 7.1 .702 1.7 4.1 5.8 5.0 1.1 0.7 2.8 2.3
40 Cody Zeller F 43 7.4 1.8 0.6 1.4 .419 0.0 0.1 .333 0.5 0.9 .605 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.0

Miami Heat Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
13 Bam Adebayo C 71 34.0 19.3 7.5 14.3 .521 0.2 0.6 .357 4.1 5.5 .755 2.2 8.1 10.4 3.9 1.1 0.9 2.3 2.2
31 Thomas Bryant C 38 11.6 5.7 2.3 3.9 .577 0.1 0.6 .182 1.1 1.2 .872 1.1 2.7 3.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.2
22 Jimmy Butler GF 60 34.0 20.8 6.6 13.2 .499 1.0 2.4 .414 6.6 7.7 .858 1.8 3.5 5.3 5.0 1.3 0.3 1.7 1.1
8 Jamal Cain F 26 10.0 3.7 1.3 3.0 .430 0.4 1.2 .355 0.7 0.9 .783 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.8
14 Tyler Herro SG 42 33.5 20.8 7.7 17.5 .441 3.1 7.9 .396 2.3 2.6 .856 0.5 4.8 5.3 4.5 0.7 0.1 2.2 1.5
24 Haywood Highsmith F 66 20.7 6.1 2.3 5.0 .465 1.2 2.9 .396 0.3 0.5 .639 1.0 2.2 3.2 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.8
11 Jaime Jaquez, Jr. GF 75 28.2 11.9 4.5 9.3 .489 0.9 2.7 .322 1.9 2.3 .811 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.6 1.0 0.3 1.5 2.2
5 Nikola Jovic F 46 19.5 7.7 2.8 6.1 .452 1.4 3.5 .399 0.7 1.0 .702 0.5 3.6 4.2 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.9 1.8
42 Kevin Love FC 55 16.8 8.8 2.9 6.5 .440 1.5 4.4 .344 1.5 2.0 .787 1.1 5.1 6.1 2.1 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.8
16 Caleb Martin F 64 27.4 10.0 3.8 8.7 .431 1.3 3.6 .349 1.2 1.5 .778 1.2 3.2 4.4 2.2 0.7 0.5 1.2 2.0
88 Patty Mills G 13 16.4 5.8 2.1 6.2 .338 0.8 4.1 .208 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.3 0.8 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.0 0.6 1.2
0 Josh Richardson G 43 25.6 9.9 3.6 8.1 .444 1.5 4.4 .347 1.2 1.3 .944 0.4 2.4 2.8 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.8 1.8
55 Duncan Robinson F 68 28.0 12.9 4.5 9.9 .450 2.8 7.0 .395 1.2 1.3 .889 0.2 2.3 2.5 2.8 0.7 0.2 1.4 2.4
25 Orlando Robinson PF 36 8.4 2.8 1.0 2.0 .500 0.2 0.4 .533 0.5 0.7 .760 0.8 1.6 2.3 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.0
2 Terry Rozier G 31 31.5 16.4 6.1 14.5 .423 2.1 5.7 .371 2.0 2.2 .913 0.6 3.6 4.2 4.6 1.0 0.3 1.3 1.6
21 Cole Swider F 18 4.8 2.3 0.8 2.1 .395 0.6 1.7 .333 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2
15 Alondes Williams G 7 2.2 0.7 0.3 1.1 .250 0.0 0.6 .000 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3
4 Delon Wright G 14 20.4 5.4 1.9 4.7 .394 0.8 2.1 .367 0.9 1.1 .812 0.4 1.5 1.9 2.6 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.7

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