Heat vs. Hawks betting: NBA Play-In Tournament preview

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The Atlanta Hawks are slight 1.5-point underdogs in their play-in matchup against the Miami Heat at State Farm Arena on Friday, tipping off at 7 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV, and MAX. The over/under is 220.5 in the matchup.

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Heat vs. Hawks betting lines

  • Heat odds to win: -122
  • Hawks odds to win: +102
  • Spread: Heat (-1.5)
  • Total: 220.5

Heat Statistics, Trends and More

As the Away Team

  • Miami is 18-23 in road contests and has covered the spread 17 times on the road.
  • Miami has an 8-9-1 record ATS in road games this season as 1.5-point favorites or more.
  • Heat games have gone over the set point total 19 times on the road this year.
  • Miami and its opponents have averaged a total of 219.2 points per road contest this year, 1.3 points fewer than this game’s posted total.

Heat Recent Trends

  • The Heat are 6-4 overall and 6-4 against the spread in their last 10 games.
  • The Heat’s past 10 games saw seven hit the over.
  • The Heat’s past 10 outings have ended with an average of 217.7 points scored. That’s 2.8 fewer points than this contest’s over/under.
  • Across their past 10 games, the Heat have scored 10.0 more points per contest compared to their season-long scoring average.

Heat Betting Records

  • The Heat have put together a 27-19 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.7% of those games).
  • Miami has a record of 26-16 in games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -122 or shorter (winning 61.9%).
  • Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Heat have an implied win probability of 55.0%.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
46.5 (17th in NBA) 46.6 (12th) 43.4 (21st) 44.7 (19th) 26.4 (14th) 12.6 (sixth)

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Hawks Statistics, Trends and More

As the Home Team

  • Hawks home games have hit the over on the set point total 25 times this year.
  • The Hawks have covered the spread 18 times at home and is 21-19 in home contests.
  • The Hawks’ record against the spread is 8-13 when playing as 1.5-point underdogs or more in home games this year.
  • This season at home, the Hawks and their opponents have averaged a total of 235.3 points per contest, 14.8 points greater than the over/under for this contest.

Hawks Recent Trends

  • The Hawks have covered the spread five times in their past 10 matchups while putting up a 5-5 record straight-up in those games.
  • The final scores of the last 10 Hawks games have exceeded the set total seven times.
  • The past 10 Hawks games averaged 12.8 more points (233.3) than this matchup’s point total.
  • During their last 10 games, the Hawks have scored 4.4 more points per contest compared to their 118.2 PPG season-long scoring average.

Hawks Betting Records

  • Atlanta has entered the game as underdogs 51 times this season and won 21, or 41.2%, of those games.
  • The Hawks have a record of 19-28 in games where bookmakers have them as underdogs of at least +102 on the moneyline.
  • The implied probability of a win by the Hawks based on the moneyline is 49.5%.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
47.2 (14th in NBA) 48.2 (28th) 44.5 (14th) 43.7 (12th) 29.6 (second) 14.7 (24th)
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