{"id":4306,"date":"2009-04-25T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/hawks-heat-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-04-25T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T11:43:00","slug":"hawks-heat-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/hawks-heat-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks-Heat Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Saturday when the Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat meet at AmericanAirlines Arena. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Heat listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hawks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Heat rebounded from a Game 1 loss and defeated the Hawks 108-83 and evened the first-round playoff series on Wednesday, as 5.5-point underdogs. That game&#8217;s 181 points went UNDER the posted total of 184. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Dwyane<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wade<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed in a game-high 33 points to go with five rebounds and seven assists for the Heat. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Smith<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> netted a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 47-35 SU, 43-37-2 ATS <br \/>Miami: 43-39 SU, 41-40-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 1-9<br \/>Before playing Miami are 3-7<br \/>After playing Miami are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Miami most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 7-3<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Miami<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against Miami<br \/>Miami is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Miami is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, April 27<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, April 27<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Saturday when the Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat meet at AmericanAirlines Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Heat listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hawks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Heat rebounded from a Game 1 loss and defeated the Hawks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/hawks-heat-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hawks-Heat Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306","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=4306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}