Cavaliers vs. Heat NBA Playoffs Prediction, Odds, Picks, Best Bets for April 20

Cavaliers vs. Heat Game Info

• Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025
• Time: 7 p.m. ET
• Venue: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse -- Cleveland, Ohio
• Coverage:

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat square off to start the opening round of the NBA Playoffs. The Cavaliers are double-digit, 12.5-point favorites in the contest, which airs on Miami Heat at 7 p.m. ET. The matchup has an over/under of 214.5.

Cavaliers vs. Heat Odds & Spread

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Cavaliers vs. Heat Prediction & Pick

All NBA win probability predictions and picks are according to numberFire.
Prediction: Cavaliers win (74.6%)

Cavaliers vs. Heat Betting Trends

• The Cavaliers are 47-33-2 against the spread this season.
• The Heat have played 82 games, with 38 wins against the spread.
• This season, Cavaliers games have hit the over 50 times.
• Heat games this season have hit the over on 44 of 82 set point totals (53.7%).
• Cleveland sports a worse record against the spread at home (23-17-1) than it does in road games (24-16-1).
• At home, the Cavaliers go over the over/under 61% of the time (25 of 41 games). They hit the over in the same percentage of road games (25 of 41 contests).
• This season, Miami is 21-19-1 at home against the spread (.512 winning percentage). On the road, it is 17-22-2 ATS (.415).
• In terms of the over/under, Heat games have gone over more often at home (25 of 41, 61%) than on the road (19 of 41, 46.3%).

Cavaliers Leaders

• Donovan Mitchell is averaging 24 points, 5 assists and 4.5 rebounds.
• Evan Mobley is averaging 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists. Defensively, he averages 0.9 steals and 1.6 blocked shots (fourth in league).
• Darius Garland is averaging 20.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists. At the other end, he averages 1.2 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
• Jarrett Allen is averaging 13.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists. At the other end, he averages 0.9 steals and 0.9 blocked shots.
• De'Andre Hunter is averaging 17 points, 1.4 assists and 4 boards.

Heat Leaders

• Bam Adebayo's numbers on the season are 18.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per contest. He is also draining 48.5% of his shots from the floor and 35.7% from 3-point range, with an average of 1 trey.
• The Heat are getting 23.9 points, 5.2 boards and 5.5 assists per game from Tyler Herro.
• Andrew Wiggins averages 18 points, 4.5 boards and 2.6 assists. He is draining 44.8% of his shots from the field and 37.4% from 3-point range, with 2.2 triples per game.
• The Heat get 9.3 points per game from Kel'el Ware, plus 7.4 boards and 0.9 assists.
• Per game, Davion Mitchell gets the Heat 7.9 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists, plus 1 steal and 0.2 blocks.

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