{"id":4262,"date":"2009-04-19T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/heat-hawks-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-04-19T07:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T12:56:00","slug":"heat-hawks-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/heat-hawks-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat-Hawks Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks meet at Philips Arena in the opening game of their first-round playoff series. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Hawks listed as 5-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game’s total is sitting at 186. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Quinn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went for a game-high 26 points to help lead the Heat over the Pistons 102-96 in overtime in their regular-season finale last time out. The Heat won the game as a 2-point underdog, while the 198 points made it OVER the posted total of 181. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Beasley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 22 points with five rebounds for the Pistons, and Jamaal<\/st2:GivenName> Maglorie<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> chipped in with 14 points. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Hawks lost 98-90 to the Grizzlies in their season finale last time out, as 8-point underdogs. That game’s 188 points fell UNDER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Flip Murray<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> scored a game-high 29 points for the Hawks, and Maurice<\/st2:GivenName> Evans<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 21 points in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 43-39 SU, 41-40-1 ATS
Atlanta: 47-35 SU, 43-37-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miami most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Atlanta are 6-4
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Miami are 3-7
After playing Memphis are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami’s last 6 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Miami is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games when playing Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games when playing at home against Miami
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Miami<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, April 22
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, April 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks meet at Philips Arena in the opening game of their first-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Hawks listed as 5-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game’s total is sitting at 186. Chris Quinn went … Continue reading Heat-Hawks Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}