Tip-off: Tuesday, 7:35 p.m. ET
Line: Miami -11.5, Total: 199

The sizzling Heat try to cap off a perfect homestand on Tuesday night when the struggling Blazers pay them a visit.

Miami has won five straight games, including four in a row on its current homestand. The Heat are coming off back-to-back, double-digit wins over the two Los Angeles teams, beating the Clippers by 22 points on Friday and the Lakers by 10 on Sunday. Portland began its six-game road trip with a 2-point win at Minnesota, but has dropped three in a row (SU and ATS) since, falling to lowly Orlando 110-104 on Sunday. But despite the recent success of Miami, this team is just 3-7 (SU and ATS) in its past 10 meetings with Portland, including 2-2 (SU and ATS) since LeBron James joined the team. The Blazers have won and covered four straight trips to Miami, and they also eked out a 92-90 home win in their lone meeting this season on Jan. 10.

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Portland scores a pedestrian 97.2 PPG (14th in NBA), but has scored at least 99 points in five straight contests, averaging 102.2 PPG on 49.3% FG and 37.8% threes. PF LaMarcus Aldridge (21.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG) has scored at least a dozen points in 15 straight games, averaging 22.9 PPG (53% FG) and 10.1 RPG during this stretch. He also took advantage of Miami's soft frontcourt in the Jan. 10 win with 20 points, 15 rebounds and a +15 rating. SG Wesley Matthews (15.1 PPG, 2.8 APG) also had a +15 rating that game thanks to 18 points and four rebounds, and his go-ahead three with 26 seconds remaining was the final field goal made that day. After a horrible shooting night in Houston on Friday (1-of-9 FG, 0-for-6 threes), Matthews posted 17 points and five rebounds in Sunday's loss at Orlando. SF Nicolas Batum (15.8 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 4.9 APG) had a team-best 28 points against the Heat last month, while pitching in seven rebounds and five assists. He started this road trip cold in the first two games (6.5 PPG on 5-of-12 FG), but has cranked out 21.5 PPG on 13-of-24 FG (8-of-14 threes) in the past two contests. PG Damian Lillard (18.2 PPG, 6.6 APG) did not play well offensively against Miami with 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting, but that was nothing compared to his abysmal 1-for-16 FG (0-for-8 threes) in Sunday's defeat. That snapped a string of 13 straight games of scoring in double figures, as Lillard averaged 18.9 PPG and 6.2 APG during that stretch.

Miami scores a hefty 102.8 PPG this season, good for 5th in the NBA. The Heat are 22-3 SU at home this season with 107.0 PPG on 50.8% FG, including an 11-1 SU home mark versus Western Conference opponents. But Miami is the league's worst rebounding team with 38.9 RPG, due in big part to PF Chris Bosh (17.3 PPG), who has a career-low 7.2 RPG this season, and had just four boards in last month's loss in Portland. But he burned the Blazers for a game-high 29 points on 13-of-18 FG in that meeting. It's no secret that the player who will be touching the ball the most on Tuesday is LeBron James, who is in the midst of a historical stretch of offensive basketball. James is averaging 31.0 PPG on 71.4% FG and 9-of-15 threes (60%), with 6.8 RPG with 6.0 APG during the win streak. He became just the third player in NBA history with 30+ points on 60+% FG in five straight games. James actually scored a season-low 15 points (6-of-16 FG) last month in Portland, but nearly had a triple-double with 10 rebounds and nine assists in that game. SG Dwyane Wade was also off the mark in that meeting (6-for-18 FG), finishing with a game-worst minus-13 rating. That is quite rare for Wade in this series, as he's torched the Blazers for 26.5 PPG on 50% FG in 18 career meetings against them. However, Wade has scored at least 20 points in all of his team's five straight victories, averaging 24.8 PPG on 52% FG, plus 6.0 RPG, 5.8 APG and 3.0 SPG.