Heat at Trail Blazers 2/5/19 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Miami Heat look to snap a three-game losing streak on Tuesday when they visit the Pacific Northwest to play the Portland Trail Blazers. Miami lost on Saturday to the Indiana Pacers 95-88. The Heat held the Pacers to just 11 points in the fourth quarter, but scored just 11 as well and could not make up the 7-point deficit to start the quarter. Dwayne Wade led Miami with 21 points.

Portland won its third straight in its most recent outing defeating the Utah Jazz at home 132-105. Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers in the win with 36 points and 11 assists. Portland is 32-20 on the season and in third place 5 games behind first place Denver in the Northwest Division. The Trail Blazers have won six of the last seven overall. Josh Richardson is leading the Heat in scoring with an average of 17.3 points per game. Hassan Whiteside is the team leader in rebounds and blocked shots with averages of 12.4 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. Dwayne Wade is leading the Heat in assists with an average of 4.3 per game. Miami is shooting 44.3% from the field and 35.3% from three-point territory.

Damian Lillard is leading Portland in scoring and assists with averages of 26.4 points and 6.3 assists per game. Jusuf Nurkic is the leader in rebounding with an average of 10.4 per game. CJ McCollum is the second leading scorer with an average of 21.0 points per game. The Trail Blazers are shooting 46.2% from the field and 35.9% from three-point territory.