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Published: April 27, 2009
The Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat meet for Game 4 in Miami with the Heat leading the best of 7 series 2-1. Miami moved ahead in the series off their 107-78 pounding of Atlanta in game 3 as a 4-point favorite. Game 4 is scheduled Monday night at 5PM Eastern Time with TNT providing the television coverage. The adjusted series price has the Miami Heat now as the –270 favorites to win this Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with Atlanta currently the +210 underdog. LVSC has sent out the opening number for game 3 and the home team Miami Heat opened as 3 ½ point favorites with the over under coming in at 186. The early money has been on Miami as the line has moved 1 full point on the Heat who currently sits at 4 ½ point favorites. The total has saw upward movement in the betting as the over under is currently lined at 186.
In Miami’s game 2 victory on Saturday Night the Hawks were held to just 36% shooting and 29 first half points. The Hawks tandem of guard Joe Johnson and forward Josh Smith were ice cold from the field converting a combined 9-31 shooting from the field. The Hawks bench did not contribute much in this road contest with a mere 21 points. Miami Heat center Jermaine O’Neal had a good game in game 3 hitting on 7-14 shots for 22 points and 10 boards. O’Neal’s contributions are much needed in this series to keep these young Hawks from driving the basket for easy shots and second shot opportunities. Miami was also perfect from the line hitting on 19-19 from the charity stripe. The Heat got nothing in game 3 from their bench as they shot a combined 5-22 for a mere 18 points. The NBA’s leading scorer Dwayne Wade has had a good series hitting on just under 47% shooting from the field and a 27 point per game average.
Trend: The Under is 6-1 in 7 meetings this season
The Wagerline consensus has 71.8% of the bettors on Miami –4 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 55% of the bettors playing over 186
