Miami Heat 2024 NBA Championship Odds
The Miami Heat are one of the most successful franchises in the NBA since their founding in 1988. Miami has three NBA championships and was in the NBA Finals for the second time in four seasons last year. Miami uses tenacious defense for its success. However, its lack of offense cost them in the 2023 NBA Finals and is proving to be a hindrance towards the possibility of a repeat trip to the Finals this year. Additionally, Miami’s popgun offense is causing them to splash gamblers with red ink.
2024 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Miami Heat NBA Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the Miami Heat are 28-24 straight up, 21-28-1 against the spread, and 20-30 over/under the total. Late on, Miami has covered two out of their last ten games. While the Heat have gone under the total in eight of its previous ten matchups. Miami is 8th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Miami is 12 games behind the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Miami has NBA metrics of 27th for scoring offense, 27th for field goal percentage, 10th for 3-point field goal percentage, 3rd for free throw percentage, and 24th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Heat have NBA metrics of 7th for scoring defense, 18th for field goal percentage permitted, 16th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 13th for defensive rebounding.
Miami Heat Key Players
SF Jimmy Butler leads the Heat with 21.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. Butler was the 30th overall pick of the 2011 NBA Draft out of Marquette by the Chicago Bulls. He is a 6-time NBA All-Star who previously played for the Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers and the Heat since 2019-20.
PG Tyler Herro is averaging 21.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest. Herro was the 13th overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft out of Kentucky by the Heat. In 2022, Herro was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
C Bam Adebayo is averaging 20.4 points and 10.7 rebounds per contest. He was the 14th overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft5 out of Kentucky by the Heat. Adebayo is a 3-time NBA All-Star, including this season.
Miami Heat Head Coach
Head coach Eric Spoelstra is in the elite class of NBA bench bosses. The one-time wonderkid is now age 53 and a 2-time NBA champion. Spoelstra has been the head coach of the Heat since 2008-09 and is a disciple of former Heat coach and current team President Pat Riley, a Hall of Fame legend. Spoelstra has a career record of 704-491.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
2022–23 |
82 |
44 |
38 |
1st, Southeast |
Lost in NBA Finals, 1–4 (Nuggets) |
2021–22 |
82 |
53 |
29 |
1st, Southeast |
Lost in Conference finals, 3–4 (Celtics) |
2020–21 |
72 |
40 |
32 |
2nd, Southeast |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Bucks) |
2019–20 |
73 |
44 |
29 |
1st, Southeast |
Lost in NBA Finals, 2–4 (Lakers) |
2018–19 |
82 |
39 |
43 |
3rd, Southeast |
Did not qualify |
Miami Heat History
The Miami Heat have had more success than any other professional sports team in South Florida. This is the one team largely supported by the fickle fans of the Miami metro area, and the Heat have been very competitive over the last two decades.
Dwyane Wade is the most accomplished player in the history of the franchise. He was taken with the 5th overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, and he was a 13-time All-Star and eight-time All-NBA selection that led the Heat to their first NBA title in 2006. Veterans Shaquille O’Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton, and Antoine Walker played crucial roles. Still, Wade was the superstar, with franchise favorite Udonis Haslem coming into his own.
Of course, perhaps the best thing that Wade did was convince LeBron James and Chris Bosh to come to Miami in the summer of 2010. That made the Heat the preseason favorites to win the NBA title for four straight years. They could not live up to the lofty expectations of King James, who talked about winning seven championships during the introductory press conference. Still, they did win the Eastern Conference four straight times. Miami won back-to-back NBA titles in 2012 and 2013, yet the Heat needed a miracle three-pointer from Ray Allen to win the second title.
Miami wasn’t truly competitive for a few years after LeBron James left the team, but the Heat surprised everyone by winning the East in 2020. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo proved to be an excellent combination, and Miami received solid three-point shooting from Duncan Robinson, Jae Crowder, and Tyler Herro. The Heat nearly made the NBA Finals again in 2022, but they lost to the Boston Celtics in seven games.
NBA Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
Western Conference - Southwest
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