NBA · Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · 10:30 PM ET · Intuit Dome
Miami Heat vs LA Clippers: Prediction and Odds
Leo’s read, frozen before tip. MIA at LAC.
Miami Heat41%Leo win chance
LA Clippers59%Leo win chanceProjected score: MIA 116, LAC 119 (total 235). Information only; Leo does not lean on totals.
Why Leo has LAC by 3
- Home court: worth 1.7 pts to LAC.
- Injuries: MIA is missing more, 1.6 pts toward LAC.
What could still move it. Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIA, day to day) is counted at 40%. If he sits, Leo's number moves 2.4 toward LAC; if he plays, 1.6 toward MIA.
Leo only knows team results, rest and the injury report. It does not know matchups, lineups announced after the read, or motivation, so a small gap from DraftKings is usually noise, which is why nothing under 4 points is a call.
What moves Leo’s number
Points added to LAC’s expected margin. Positive helps LAC, negative helps MIA.
| Home court | +1.7 | Average home edge, fitted on the last three seasons |
| Team ratings | -0.3 | LAC rated -1.8, MIA -1.5 points against an average team |
| Back to back | 0.0 | Neither team played last night |
| Rest | 0.0 | LAC 2 days, MIA 2 days (capped at 4) |
| Missing players | +1.6 | Value of regulars on the injury report: LAC 0, MIA 7.1 |
| Leo’s margin | +3 | LAC by 3 expected |
Injury report
The injury report when Leo made its read. A player marked in Leo’s number is a regular whose value Leo has taken off his team: all of it when he is out, 40% of it when he is day to day, because Leo assumes about 4 in 10 day-to-day players end up sitting. Players without the mark play too little to move the number.
- Myron Gardner Day to day Quadriceps Bruise
- Giannis Antetokounmpo Day to day Wrist Sprain · in Leo’s number at 40%, plays 31.9 min a game
- Yanic Konan Niederhauser Out Foot Surgery
- Brandon Ingram Out Achilles Surgery
- Bradley Beal Out Knee Inflammation
- Jordan Miller Out Shoulder Surgery
Form
2-5 this season · 118.1 scored, 123.9 allowed a game
- L 117-138 at LAL 11-02
- W 145-125 vs IND 10-30
- W 129-117 at ATL 10-28
- L 109-113 vs DAL 10-26
- L 110-115 at CHA 10-24
1-6 this season · 108.1 scored, 115.4 allowed a game
- L 118-125 vs TOR 11-02
- L 112-124 at GS 11-01
- L 101-127 at MIN 10-30
- L 87-103 vs LAL 10-28
- L 101-108 at OKC 10-25
Key players this season
Points per game this season and over each player’s last 5 games before this one. Every player’s game log is on Player Scoring.
| Player | GP | MIN | PTS | Last 5 | REB | AST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davion Mitchell | 7 | 33.4 | 16 | 16.6 | 1.4 | 8 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo Day to day | 7 | 31.9 | 28.4 | 25.6 | 12.3 | 5.7 |
| Bam Adebayo | 7 | 31.4 | 16.3 | 19 | 8 | 3.4 |
| Pelle Larsson | 7 | 29.7 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 7 | 26.9 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
| Bobby Portis | 7 | 22.1 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 1.7 |
| Klay Thompson | 7 | 21.7 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 7 | 18.4 | 6.6 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| Player | GP | MIN | PTS | Last 5 | REB | AST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 7 | 33 | 20.1 | 17 | 1.7 | 6.6 |
| Rui Hachimura | 5 | 30 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 6 | 0.6 |
| Kris Dunn | 7 | 29.9 | 9 | 9.8 | 4 | 4.7 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 6 | 28.8 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
| Kobe Sanders | 7 | 25.3 | 11 | 14 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| Keaton Wagler | 7 | 25 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Max Strus | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 7 | 22.3 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 2.3 |
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