{"id":542770,"date":"2026-01-17T13:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/542770\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T13:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:29:27","slug":"thunder-vs-heat-predictions-odds-stats-jan-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/542770\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder vs. Heat Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 Jan. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder (35-7) will try to continue a five-game win streak when they visit the Miami Heat (21-20) on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Kaseya Center as 9.5-point favorites. The matchup airs at 8 p.m. ET on FDSSUN, FDSOK, KWTV, and WPLG.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the NBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1420&amp;pb=973198&amp;cid=YzmVcyZa8n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Thunder vs. Heat Predictions for Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projections model for this game predicts a final score of Thunder 120, Heat 113.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Thunder (-424)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Under 234.5 (computer predicts 233.0 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Heat (+9.5)<br \/>\nRecent Thunder vs. Heat Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Thunder 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City is 21-21-0 ATS this season.<br \/>\nThe Thunder have a 15-14 record against the spread when favored by 9.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nThe teams have hit the over in 21 of Oklahoma City&#8217;s 41 games with a set total.<br \/>\nThe Thunder have been favorites in 42 games this season and won 35 (83.3%) of those contests.<br \/>\nThis season, Oklahoma City has won 24 of its 26 games, or 92.3%, when favored by at least -424 on the moneyline.<br \/>\nHeat 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Miami is 23-17-1 against the spread this season.<br \/>\nThe Heat have a 1-1 record against the spread in games they were an underdog by 9.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nMiami&#8217;s games have gone over the point total 19 out of 41 times (46.3%).<br \/>\nThe Heat have a 10-13 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 43.5% of those games).<br \/>\nMiami has played as a moneyline underdog of +329 or longer in just one game this season, which it lost.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NBA tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63332?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=3010&amp;pb=973220&amp;cid=YzmVcyZa8n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Thunder vs. Heat Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Thunder<\/p>\n<p>Thunder: <\/p>\n<p>Nikola Topic: Out (Groin), <\/p>\n<p>Thomas Sorber: Out For Season (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Isaiah Hartenstein: Day-To-Day (Calf)<\/p>\n<p>Heat<\/p>\n<p>Heat: <\/p>\n<p>Jaime Jaquez Jr.: Out (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Tyler Herro: Questionable (Toe), <\/p>\n<p>Davion Mitchell: Out (Shoulder)<\/p>\n<p>Thunder vs. Heat Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Saturday, January 17, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 8 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: FDSSUN, FDSOK, KWTV, and WPLG<br \/>\nLocation: Miami, Florida<br \/>\nArena: Kaseya Center<br \/>\nLive stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1425&amp;pb=973207&amp;cid=YzmVcyZa8n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on Fubo<\/a> (Regional restrictions may apply)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63351?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2353&amp;pb=973250&amp;cid=YzmVcyZa8n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for NBA League Pass<\/a> to get access to games, live and on-demand, and more for the entire season and offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oklahoma City Thunder (35-7) will try to continue a five-game win streak when they visit the Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,55906,736,189,6,11295,310,475,179,3966,3965,2666,312],"class_list":{"0":"post-542770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-men","11":"tag-miami-heat","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-prediction","14":"tag-oklahoma","15":"tag-oklahoma-city","16":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","17":"tag-oklahomacity","18":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","19":"tag-professional","20":"tag-thunder"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115910683138912679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}