{"id":6533,"date":"2009-04-29T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/heat-hawks-lines-preview-4\/"},"modified":"2009-04-29T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T11:30:00","slug":"heat-hawks-lines-preview-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/heat-hawks-lines-preview-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat-Hawks Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks will meet on the court at Philips Arena on Wednesday in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Hawks listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike<\/st2:GivenName> Bibby<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> dropped 15 points to lead the Hawks past the Heat 81-71 to even their series at two games apiece on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 4.5-point road underdogs as the teams played under the 186-point total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 14 points for the Hawks, who got 13 points, seven rebounds, and four blocks from Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Smith<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in the payday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dwyane<\/st2:GivenName> Wade<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went for 22 points, seven assists, and six boards for Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Jermaine<\/st2:GivenName> O’Neal<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 20 points and six rebounds for the Heat. <\/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 Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Atlanta are 7-3
After playing Atlanta are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Miami are 2-8
After playing Miami are 3-7
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Miami’s last 8 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Miami is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Miami is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta’s last 8 games when playing Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing at home against Miami<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 1
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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