The Oklahoma City Thunder (43-19) host the Miami Heat (35-27) after winning seven straight home games. The Thunder are favored by 8.5 points in the contest, which starts at 8:00 PM ET on Friday, March 8, 2024. The matchup’s point total is 225.5.
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How Do I Watch Thunder vs. Heat?
- Game Day: Friday, March 8, 2024
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: KSBI and BSSUN
- Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Arena: Paycom Center
Betting Lines For Oklahoma City vs. Miami
Thunder vs Heat Betting Information
| Favorite |
Spread |
Total |
| Thunder |
-8.5 |
225.5 |
Thunder Betting Stats & Information
- The Thunder have won 73.9% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (34-12).
- In games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -373 or shorter, Oklahoma City has a record of 12-2 (85.7% win percentage).
- So far this season, the Thunder have compiled a 38-23-1 record against the spread.
- The Thunder are 9-6 against the spread when favored by 8.5 points or more this season.
- Oklahoma City’s average total in outings this year has been 234.4, 8.9 points higher than the total in this particular game.
- The teams have hit the over in 35 of the Thunder’s 62 games with a set total.
Miami Betting Stats & Info
- The Heat have entered the game as underdogs 28 times this season and won 10, or 35.7%, of those games.
- Miami has not entered a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +294.
- The Heat have compiled a 28-30-4 record against the spread this year.
- In games they have played as 8.5-point underdogs or more, the Heat have a perfect ATS record of 1-0.
- The average over/under in Miami’s games this year is 4.8 fewer points than the point total of 225.5 for this outing.
- This year, Heat games have hit the over 24 times.
Thunder vs. Heat Season Stat Comparison
| Thunder Rank |
Thunder AVG |
|
Heat AVG |
Heat Rank |
| 2nd |
121.0 |
Points Scored |
110.7 |
27th |
| 13th |
113.4 |
Points Allowed |
110.0 |
6th |
| 27th |
41.5 |
Rebounds |
41.9 |
25th |
| 29th |
8.7 |
Off. Rebounds |
9.4 |
25th |
| 12th |
13.3 |
3pt Made |
12.5 |
16th |
| 12th |
26.8 |
Assists |
26.0 |
20th |
| 2nd |
11.6 |
Turnovers |
12.1 |
8th |
Thunder vs. Heat Injury Updates
Thunder
| Name |
Game Status |
Injury |
| Jaylin Williams |
Questionable |
Knee |
Heat
| Name |
Game Status |
Injury |
| Josh Richardson |
Out For Season |
Shoulder |
| Tyler Herro |
Out |
Foot |
| Kevin Love |
Out |
Heel |
This Matchup’s Impact Players
Oklahoma City Thunder Leaders
- The Thunder active leader in points and assists this season is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scores 31.1 points per game along with 6.5 assists.
- Chet Holmgren contributes with 7.9 boards and 2.7 assists per game in addition to his 17.2 PPG scoring average.
- The Thunder get 2.0 three-pointers per game out of Luguentz Dort.
Miami Heat Leaders
- Bam Adebayo scores 20.2 points per game. He also grabs 10.3 rebounds and racks up 4.0 assists per game.
- Duncan Robinson averages 2.8 three-pointers per game.
