{"id":662454,"date":"2026-03-17T08:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/662454\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:12:22","slug":"hornets-vs-heat-predictions-odds-stats-march-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/662454\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets vs. Heat Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 March 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Charlotte Hornets (34-34) are at home in Southeast Division action against the Miami Heat (38-30) on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET. The Hornets are 3.5-point favorites in the game, the fourth matchup between the squads this season.<\/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=mx5ffE62Ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Hornets vs. Heat Predictions for Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer model for this encounter expects a final result of Hornets 117, Heat 115.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Hornets (-166)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Under 233 (computer predicts 232.4 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Heat (+3.5)<br \/>\nRecent Hornets vs. Heat Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Hornets 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte&#8217;s ATS record is 40-27-1 this season.<br \/>\nThe Hornets have an 8-8-1 record against the spread this season when favored by 3.5 points or more.<br \/>\nThe teams have hit the over in 26 of Charlotte&#8217;s 68 games with a set total.<br \/>\nThis season, the Hornets have been favored 23 times and won 18, or 78.3%, of those games.<br \/>\nThis season, Charlotte has won 11 of its 15 games, or 73.3%, when favored by at least -166 on the moneyline.<br \/>\nHeat 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, Miami has compiled a 41-26-1 record against the spread.<br \/>\nThe Heat are 14-7-1 against the spread when an underdog by 3.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nA total of 35 of Miami&#8217;s 68 games with a set total have hit the over (51.5%).<br \/>\nThe Heat have won 16 of the 33 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (48.5%).<br \/>\nWhen it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +140 or longer, Miami has a record of 6-12 (33.3%).<\/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=mx5ffE62Ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Hornets vs. Heat Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Hornets<\/p>\n<p>Hornets: <\/p>\n<p>Tidjane Salaun: Questionable (Calf)<\/p>\n<p>Heat<\/p>\n<p>Heat: <\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jovic: Probable (Back), <\/p>\n<p>Andrew Wiggins: Out (Toe), <\/p>\n<p>Pelle Larsson: Probable (Elbow)<\/p>\n<p>Hornets vs. Heat Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Tuesday, March 17, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: FDSSUN and FDSSE<br \/>\nLocation: Charlotte, North Carolina<br \/>\nArena: Spectrum 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=mx5ffE62Ab\" 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 Charlotte Hornets (34-34) are at home in Southeast Division action against the Miami Heat (38-30) on Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,684,473,3878,55906,685,736,189,6,11295,2666],"class_list":{"0":"post-662454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-charlottehornets","12":"tag-ds-sports","13":"tag-hornets","14":"tag-men","15":"tag-miami-heat","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-nba-prediction","18":"tag-professional"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116243512947613351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662454","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=662454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}