Heat vs Bulls Free Pick, NBA Free Pick & Predictions 1/30/25
- J.A. Cavalier
- 3 days ago
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Bulls vs Heat Free Pick
The Miami Heat welcome the Chicago Bulls to the Kaseya Center tonight in a matchup carrying meaningful Eastern Conference playoff implications. Miami enters at 26–23 as a 5-point home favorite, already holding a 2–0 edge over Chicago in the season series and looking to further solidify its position in the standings.
Chicago arrives under far less favorable circumstances. The Bulls are riding a three-game losing streak and face a growing injury list, particularly in the frontcourt, that threatens to thin their rotation and limit lineup flexibility. Those absences could be especially problematic against a Heat team that thrives on physicality, defensive structure, and exploiting mismatches over extended stretches.
Miami’s home-court advantage plays a significant role in this matchup. The Heat have consistently defended their floor well, leaning on disciplined halfcourt execution and a defense designed to grind opponents down. Against a Bulls team struggling to generate momentum and potentially undermanned inside, Miami is well-positioned to dictate tempo and control the game flow.
With Chicago searching for answers and Miami holding both the health and matchup edge, this contest shapes up as an opportunity for the Heat to reinforce their dominance in the season series and continue building toward the postseason.
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FREE PICK Over 233.5
Miami is number one in pace at 104.9, Chicago is top 12 at 102.6, and when two teams play that fast, the total gets dragged upward whether the defenses sign off or not. Miami’s been an Over team lately—six of their recent games have cashed Over—because they’re getting out in transition and they can hit shots, sitting around 12th in effective field goal and knocking down threes at a solid clip. Chicago’s in a skid, but they still put up 117.6 points per game and they’re lethal late, with the best second-half fast-break output in the league. And here’s the underrated angle: both teams are bottom 10 in blocks, so there’s not much rim resistance—more layups, more free points, more runs. People see no Vucevic and no Herro and assume scoring drops; sharps know it often means smaller, faster lineups, more shots, more possessions, and more variance.
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