Betting Results:
Head to Head: Heat, odds 1.953
Line: Heat (+1.5), odds 1.889
Total Points: Over (205.5), odds 1.91

Pre-game Prediction
Magic, 50%
Heat, 50%

We ran three player prop bet tips on this game, landing two, missing one. He tipped Herro Under Assists (he obliterated his target), Banchero Over Assists (won) and Bitazde Under RA (he missed)

Heat, playing without Butler, get 30 from Herro and top Magic 125-119 in double overtime

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Associated Press LOS ANGELES

MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 30 points, Bam Adebayo finished with 26 and the Miami Heat erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter before beating the Orlando Magic 125-119 in double overtime on Monday night.

Adebayo had 10 rebounds and nine assists, Herro had 12 assists and eight rebounds, and Kel’el Ware finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds for Miami — which played hours after Jimmy Butler was suspended yet again.

Miami improved to 10-10 without Butler this season. The Heat are 13-12 when he plays.

Franz Wagner had 29 points for Orlando, which got 17 apiece from Paolo Banchero and Tristan da Silva. The Magic were outscored 9-3 in the second overtime.

Orlando is 18-2 in games it leads by double figures in the fourth quarter this season. Both losses were to Miami.

Takeaways

Magic: Orlando got Goga Bitadze back after he spent six games — five of them losses — in the concussion protocol. The Magic are 22-15 when Bitadze plays this season, 2-9 when he doesn’t. Bitadze was plus-21 in 22 minutes on Monday. “He’s doing whatever’s necessary to help this team,” coach Jamahl Mosley said.

Heat: Miami split the season series with Orlando 2-2. The Heat have either won or split the season series with Orlando 27 times in 36 seasons.

Key moment

The Heat were down 12 with 6:27 left in the fourth, then went on a 15-3 run to start the push toward overtime.

Key stat

The last time Miami trailed by 14 or more in a fourth quarter and won a regular-season game was Feb. 17, 2022, at Charlotte. (It has happened twice in playoff games since, both against Milwaukee in 2023.)

This is how we previewed this game....

Orlando Magic at Miami Heat - Player Props Bet Tips

Like we did for the Lakers v Warriors game, we are focusing on Player Prop bets for this game, looking for another 3 from 3!

Tyler Herro (MIA) : Under 5.5 Assists at odds of 1.70
Orlando's snail pace of play will drag Miami into a grind and the likely return of Jimmy B means Herro's target of 5.5 looks a big stretch, we can't see it.

Returns $34 for a $20 bet

Paolo Banchero (ORL) : Over 4.5 Assists at odds of 1.87
Banchero has been on fire recently, and we put his likely assist total at somewhere between 6 and 7, so 4.5 is a great line for us.

Returns $18.70 for a $10 bet

Goga Bitadze (ORL) : Under 12.5 Rebounds + Assists at odds of 1.79
We're expecting a 7 to 8 point total here from the enormous Georgian (if he plays), so the line is waaaay to high in our opinion

Returns $17.90 for a $10 bet

Herro had a superb game, knocking in a double double with 30 points and just the 12 assists, so he beat our bet on this occasion (Under 5.5 Assists). Our other two bets won, Banchero had 6 Assists (we tipped Over 4.5), and Bitadze had 9 Rebounds and 2 Assists for a total of 11 (we tipped Under 12.5).

A small loss on the day as Herro was our $20 bet.