The Miami Heat will host the Orlando Magic to start their respective 2024-25 NBA seasons. Miami won three of four matchups last season and has won 14 of the last 18 meetings overall. Just one game separated these two in last year's NBA standings as Orlando finished 47-35, with Miami at 46-36.

Tip off is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. ET at Kaseya Center in Miami. The Heat are favored by 2 points in the latest Heat vs. Magic odds, per SportsLine consensus, and the over/under is 208 points (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page).

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The model knows Miami has dominated this series recently, winning it in each of the last five seasons. The Heat are 14-4 versus Orlando since 2020, and they were elite defensively last season. Erik Spoelstra's unit ranked third in points allowed and fifth in defensive rating, which could pose a problem for an offensively-challenged Orlando team. No team made fewer three-pointers than the Magic in 2023-24, and they ranked 24th in scoring.

The model also knows Orlando can match, and even exceed, Miami's defensive efforts. Orlando finished 2023-24 ranked second in defensive rating and fourth in scoring defense. No team got to the free throw line more often than the Magic, and they upgraded their perimeter shooting by signing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in free agency, as he knocked down 40.6% of three-point attempts last year with Denver.

The model has simulated Magic vs. Heat 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in well over 50% of simulations!

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