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Washington Wizards vs. Miami Heat Predictions (2-2-24)

Inside The Wizards staff gives you their predictions and analysis for the game against the Miami Heat.

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Washington Wizards vs. Miami Heat Predictions (2-2-24)
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The Washington Wizards (9-38) are at home to face the Miami Heat (25-23) at Capital One Arena. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. E.S.T.

This is the second of the four match-ups between the Wizards and the Heat.

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Miami took the first meeting 121-114 but have been struggling lately.

Injuries have really held the Heat back this season but it looks like tonight they could get as healthy of a team as they have had in a while.

Meanwhile, Washington has been abysmal at home, losing the last nine game at Capital One Arena.

This is the beginning of an arduous month for the Wizards as they only face one team under a .500 winning percentage and that is the Golden State Warriors.

Let's see how the Inside The Wizards staff views the game tonight.

Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija (8) drives to the basket against Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the second quarter at Kaseya Center.
Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija (8) drives to the basket against Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the second quarter at Kaseya Center / Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

Gage Sheets: Heat 125 Wizards 104

With Washington center Marvin Bagley III ruled out tonight there will be long stretches that the Wizards struggle to score the ball.

Not to mention Bagley has been dominating in the rebounding department lately and given Washington a huge boost in second chance points.

Without Bagley the Wizards revert back to the the worst rebounding team in basketball.

Miami has struggled recently but as noted above will have almost their entire team healthy tonight.

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The last 10 games for the Heat have been rough only shooting 43.8 percent from the floor.

What better team to face then the fourth worst team in opponent field goal percentage when you're struggling to find your jump shot?

Miami will have open shooters all day and dominate the rebounds with Bagley out, covering the -8 spread easily.

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