Seven games in the NBA are going to happen on Tuesday night. The 2nd game is going to be between Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder. After 41 games, the Heat has 21 wins and 20 losses which is the 8th-best result in the Eastern Conference. The Thunder have 18 wins, 22 losses and 13th place in the Western Conference. In this game, I'm predicting that the Thunder will cover the handicap.

The last results for Miami have been very mixed. On the road trip, the Heat won 2 out of 4 games and wasn't able to beat the Lakers although LeBron James and Anthony Davis didn't play. They beat the struggling Suns just by 8 points and lost in the last seconds to the Nets at home. Per advanced stats, the Heat has just the 22nd-best offense at home (112.9), 23rd-best defense (0.0) and the 23rd-best net rating (0.0).

The Thunder has played well lately as they have 3 wins in the last 4 games. Yes, the team has lost 6 road games in a row but the situation should be different tonight. On the road, the Thunder have the 26th-best offense (109.1), the 15th-best defense (114.1) and the 24th-best net rating (-5.0). The Thunder have played 18 road games this season and they have covered the spread 10 times which is the 5th result in the league. Overall this season, the Thunder have been the 2nd-best team at covering the spread.

The Heat are the 2nd-worst at covering the spread this season and the worst at home as they have done it in just 6 out of 20 games! As it has been all season long, Miami is facing many injured players. As of right now, 7 players won't be able to play and the main 3 are Bam Adebayo, Kyle Lowry and Tyler Herro. Adebayo and Herro are averaging at least 20 points per game and all the pressure is going to be on Jimmy Butler.

The Thunder will miss only Aleksej Pokusevski and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl but they haven't played for a couple of weeks. It is important to notice that this is going to be Thunder's first national TV game in 2 years! The motivation for the players should be sky-high and this is a great opportunity to showcase as Miami is going to be very vulnerable. Both teams met in December and Heat won only by 2 points although Herro, Adebayo and Lowry were playing. The Heat has covered the spread just 2 out of 4 games without Adebayo and only 3 times out of 5 without Herro.

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周二晚上将有七场NBA比赛。第二场比赛将在迈阿密热火和俄克拉荷马雷霆之间进行。41场比赛过后，热火取得了21胜20负的战绩，在东部排名第八。雷霆队取得了18胜22负的战绩，在西部排名第13位。在这场比赛中，我预测雷霆会克服障碍。

迈阿密最近的结果非常复杂。在客场之旅中，热火赢得了4场比赛中的2场，尽管勒布朗·詹姆斯和安东尼·戴维斯没有上场，但他们未能击败湖人。他们仅以8分的优势击败了苦苦挣扎的太阳队，并在最后几秒输给了篮网。根据高级数据，热火的主场进攻(112.9)排在第22位，防守(0.0)排在第23位，净效率(0.0)排在第23位。

雷霆最近打得很好，他们在过去的4场比赛中赢了3场。是的，球队已经连续输掉了6场客场比赛，但今晚的情况应该会有所不同。在客场，雷霆的进攻(109.1分)排名第26，防守(114.1分)排名第15，净效率(-5.0分)排名第24。雷霆本赛季已经打了18场客场比赛，他们已经10次覆盖了差距，这是联盟第5个结果。总的来说，本赛季，雷霆队在防守上排在第二。

热火队是本赛季第二差的球队，在主场也是最差的，因为他们在20场比赛中只有6场做到了!就像整个赛季一样，热火面临着很多受伤的球员。到目前为止，有7名球员将无法参加比赛，主要的3名是巴姆·阿德巴约，凯尔·洛瑞和泰勒·海罗。阿德巴约和赫罗场均至少能得到20分，所有的压力都将落在吉米·巴特勒身上。

雷霆队只会错过阿列克谢·波库什夫斯基和耶利米·罗宾逊-厄尔，但他们已经有几周没有比赛了。值得注意的是，这将是雷霆队两年来的第一场全国电视比赛!球员们的动力应该是非常高的，这是一个展示的好机会，因为迈阿密将非常脆弱。两支球队在去年12月相遇，尽管赫罗、阿德巴约和洛瑞都在比赛，但热火只赢了2分。在没有阿德巴约的情况下，热火在4场比赛中只有2场领先，而在没有希罗的5场比赛中只有3场领先。