{"id":629744,"date":"2026-02-28T05:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/629744\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T05:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:41:41","slug":"rockets-vs-heat-predictions-odds-stats-feb-28-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/629744\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets vs. Heat Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 Feb. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Rockets (37-21) will attempt to continue a three-game winning streak when they visit the Miami Heat (31-29) on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Kaseya Center as 3.5-point favorites. The contest airs at 3:30 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime Video and SCHN.<\/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=CgVWYCCj2W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/live\/sportstalk-790-wkrd-4836\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sports Talk 790AM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rockets vs. Heat Predictions for Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projection model for this contest predicts a final result of Rockets 116, Heat 115.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Rockets (-168)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Over 225.5 (computer predicts 230.5 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Heat (+3.5)<br \/>\nRecent Rockets vs. Heat Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Rockets 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, Houston has put together a 27-31-0 record against the spread.<br \/>\nThe Rockets have a 17-26 record against the spread when favored by 3.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nThe teams have hit the over in 25 of Houston&#8217;s 60 games with a set total.<br \/>\nThis season, the Rockets have won 34 out of the 52 games, or 65.4%, in which they&#8217;ve been favored.<br \/>\nHouston has a record of 28-14, a 66.7% win rate, when it&#8217;s favored by -168 or more by bookmakers this season.<br \/>\nHeat 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, Miami has compiled a 34-25-1 record against the spread.<br \/>\nThe Heat are 13-7-1 against the spread when an underdog by 3.5 points or more this year.<br \/>\nMiami has hit the over in 31 of its 60 games with a set total (51.7%).<br \/>\nThe Heat have won 13 of the 30 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (43.3%).<br \/>\nMiami has gone 5-12 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +141 or longer (29.4%).<\/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=CgVWYCCj2W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Rockets vs. Heat Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Rockets<\/p>\n<p>Rockets: <\/p>\n<p>Fred VanVleet: Out For Season (Acl), <\/p>\n<p>Steven Adams: Out For Season (Ankle), <\/p>\n<p>Jae&#8217;Sean Tate: Out (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Jabari Smith: Out (Ankle)<\/p>\n<p>Heat<\/p>\n<p>Heat: <\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jovic: Day-To-Day (Back), <\/p>\n<p>Norman Powell: Out (Groin)<\/p>\n<p>Rockets vs. Heat Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Saturday, February 28, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 3:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: Amazon Prime Video and SCHN<br \/>\nLocation: Miami, Florida<br \/>\nArena: Kaseya Center<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63351?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2353&amp;pb=973250&amp;cid=CgVWYCCj2W\" 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 Houston Rockets (37-21) will attempt to continue a three-game winning streak when they visit the Miami Heat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,55906,144,194,736,295,189,3881,6,11295,2666],"class_list":{"0":"post-629744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-heat","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-heat","11":"tag-houston-rockets","12":"tag-men","13":"tag-miami","14":"tag-miami-heat","15":"tag-miamiheat","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-nba-prediction","18":"tag-professional"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116146660428697470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629744","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=629744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}