The Miami Heat welcome the Brooklyn Nets to town for an Eastern Conference tilt at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday. Miami is favored by 11 points at home, while the Over-Under is set at 221 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

Before making any Nets vs. Heat picks, you NEED to check out the NBA predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past three-plus seasons. The model enters Week 17 of the 2021-22 NBA season on a stunning 65-36 roll on all top-rated NBA picks, returning almost $2,400. Anyone following it has seen HUGE returns.

The model knows the Nets are prolific on offense. Brooklyn is scoring more than 1.11 points per possession, ranking in the top 10 of the NBA in efficiency. The Nets are shooting 46.8 percent from the field, No. 5 in the league, and Brooklyn is No. 4 in the NBA in free- throw accuracy at 81.3 percent. Brooklyn is in the top 10 of the NBA in assists, generating 25.1 per game, and the Nets hold opponents to 33.2 percent shooting from 3-point range and 44.9 percent from the field. Miami is No. 27 in the NBA in points in the paint and No. 28 in the NBA in turnovers per game. 

The model also knows Miami is one of the best teams in the NBA. The Heat are out-scoring opponents by almost five points per 100 possessions this season, ranking in the top eight of the NBA on both ends of the floor. Miami is leading the NBA in 3-point accuracy at 37.7 percent, with a top-six mark in 3-pointers per game (13.5). The Heat take advantage of the free-throw line, making 81.6 percent of attempts, and Miami is averaging 25.9 assists per game. The Heat make waves on the offensive glass, securing 29.2 percent of available rebounds, and opponents are scoring only 39.9 points in the paint per game against Miami, No. 1 in the NBA. 

Now, it has set its sights on Nets vs. Heat. We can tell you the model is leaning over the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in almost 70 percent of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any NBA picks.

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