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The Miami Heat are above .500 in two games and look to continue their winning streak by traveling to Los Angeles to face the Lakers. Let’s take a quick look at how these two teams match up and pick props.

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Heats vs. Lakers Start Times, Highlights & Odds

date: January 4, 2023
Game time: 10:00 PM ET
Where to watch: ESPN

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Heat vs. Lakers Prediction

Both of these teams have won the last two games they both needed. The Lakers are 1.5 games behind in the play-in tournament and need to extend their winning streak to catch up. Meanwhile, the Heat are one game away from making the playoffs. The season is still early, but the two teams could benefit from taking a position, whatever seeding they can get.

As for big names and injuries in this matchup, LeBron James is suspect and Russell Westbrook is likely, so all big name players should play in this matchup. Both teams have questionable role players.

This 2020 NBA Finals rematch has the potential to be very exciting. LeBron has been great lately, and Tyler Herro has grown into a closer to the Miami Heat. However, the Lakers can cover at +5.5.

Heat vs. Lakers Prop Pick

LeBron James Over 30.5 Points (-110) (Wage $100, Collect $190) Get the best odds at DraftKings

LeBron James is the Lakers. Especially now that they’ve got their heads on the water while Anthony Davis is out with an injury, Lakers’ Durbingham his coach has no problem playing his 40 minutes with LeBron. is not. In that time, LeBron would score points on the board. In his last two games in which he played over 40 minutes, he scored over 40 points. LeBron playing enough minutes until Anthony Davis returns and LeBron is back in his 33-36 minute range seems like a surefire way to stabilize the Lakers. Until then, I like LeBron in almost every game.

Bam Adebayo over 9.5 rebounds (-132) (bet $100 and collect $175) Get the best odds at DraftKings

Adebayo hit this prop in his final game against the Clippers in Los Angeles. I want him to do the same tonight. Thomas Bryant has been at his best in his last two games with the Lakers, collecting a total of 32 rebounds in those games. However, he is averaging his 6.5 rebounds per game this season, compared to Adebayo’s 9.9 rebounds per game average. Clearly, the Lakers aren’t a good shooting team, so Adebayo can pull down a lot of rebounds on that side and Bryant can get them on the other side.

Tyler Hero 3.5+ 3pts (+116) (Wage $100 to win $216) Get the best odds at DraftKings

The hero seems to have recently become a human flamethrower. He finished December averaging 4.2 3s per game while shooting 9.9 3s per game. To make things better, he started shooting his 5/9 in threes in the new year. This is my favorite prop these days as he continues to cover it. As we’ve seen, he’s going to shoot enough to cover, and I like him to beat them tonight.