The Orlando Magic and Miami Heat have exchanged blowout wins in their two prior meetings, and we should witness an intense game as they try to one-up each other.

After the Magic won in a 105-85 rout on January 3rd, the Heat exacted revenge by dominating in the rematch earlier this week, 113-92.

HOME TEAM: Orlando Magic (21-27, 13-11 at home)

The Magic enter the contest as losers of four in a row and in six of their seven games. They are only scoring 99.7 points on 41.8%-shooting in that stretch, and five of those losses were by at least 11 points – because of the past victory, however, Orlando still isn’t short in confidence.

Terrence Ross leads the Magic in scoring within the match-ups with the Heat this season at 18 per game. In the aforementioned win, he came off the bench and buried six three-pointers en route to a team-high 25 points. Nikola Vucevic, meanwhile, filled the stat sheet with 20 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists. He’s second to Ross in the series at 16.5 PPG.

Evan Fournier is only scoring 12 per game on a woeful 34.8%-shooting in those meetings despite averaging a career-high on points this season (18.4 PPG). Aaron Gordon, just like what he has been all year, is tilted on the mediocre side (14.5 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 44.8 FG%).

ROAD TEAM: Miami Heat (32-15, 11-12 on the road)

The Heat are looking to break out of inconsistency as they are only 3-3 in their last six games. In Sunday’s 109-101 loss to the Boston Celtics, they shot just 37.1% from the floor, their third-lowest this season.

Jimmy Butler (20.2 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 6.4 APG, 1.8 SPG) and Bam Adebayo (16 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 4.7 APG, 1.2 SPG, 1.1 BPG) got named as All-Star reserves for the East yesterday and they’ll be looking to prove their spots, particularly the latter, who’s in his first appearance. The two are averaging numbers that are identical to their stats in the season series with the Magic.

Duncan Robinson had a team-high 21 points in the said victory this past Monday, and that’s how random the Heat have been about lending the reigns offensively.

Robinson, Butler, Adebayo, and three other guys – Goran Dragic (15.9 PPG), Kendrick Nunn (16.2 PPG), and Tyler Herro (13.1 PPG) – could be the focal point any day.

PREDICTION:

The Heat win a relatively low-scoring battle, 106-103. Butler and Adebayo should be able to take it upon themselves to get the team some breathing room and escape this funk. Adebayo will be in an interesting match-up with the Magic’s bigs.