Miami Heat vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Sunday, 11/02/25

It’s really surprising to see the Miami Heat averaging the 2nd highest amount of points, only the Rockets are better than the 125.4 per game they are putting up right now. They’re doing it while shooting the 6th fewest free throw attempts per game, ranking 2nd and 3rd in field goals and three pointers made per game respectively. That’s quite the turnaround from the style of play Erik Spoelstra has seen his team nurture over the years. Playing an up tempo style is almost mandatory for all teams in the NBA nowadays, the Heat have looked solid while adapting to it, but there is still room to grow with Tyler Herro coming back soon. Sunday sees the Heat take on the Lakers, following a defeat at San Antonio which ended a 3-game win streak.

The story of the season for LA so far are Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. The former returned from injury and captivated everyone’s imagination once again with a 44-point outburst in the win over Memphis. Luka became the first Lakers player since Kobe Bryant to score 40+ points in 3 consecutive games, the Lakers are flourishing with him at the point and are scoring points at will. The last 3 Lakers’ wins were all decided within single digits, we could see Sunday’s affair also go into crunch time if this trend continues. Miami has had the upper hand in head-to-head meetings with 5 wins in 7 games, The Lakers are also an unreliable 0-8 ATS in their last 8 vs Eastern Conference opponents.

Neither team has shown any desire to compete on the defensive end so far. Miami tops the NBA in pace averaging 108.4 possessions per game. With these two teams ranking 2nd and 9th in true shooting percentage, there’s a good chance they surpass the projected total here.

Heat vs Lakers Predictions: Over 236.5 is available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.  

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