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Published: May 1, 2009
The Miami Heat will host the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of their best of 7 series on Friday night. Atlanta leads this NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinal playoff 3-2 off of their 106-91 game 5 victory on Wednesday night in Atlanta. Tip off time is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with ESPN providing the television coverage. LVSC has sent off the opening numbers for game 6 and the home team Miami Heat were opened as 6 point favorites with the over under lined at 182 ½. The early money has come on the underdog, as Miami is currently a 5-point favorite. The total has saw action slightly downward to 181 ½.
In Miami’s loss to Atlanta in game 5 their star guard Dwayne Wade was hampered by back spasms. Wade performed like a champ through the pain as he converted on 9-19 from the field for 29 points in defeat. All indications are that Wade will be in the lineup for game 6 as the Heat try to stay alive and force a game 7 Sunday afternoon in Atlanta. For the Heat to force a game 7 they will need contributions from their youth. Wade called on his young teammates specifically Mario Chalmers and Michael Beasley to up their games. Beasley has had a poor post season averaging a mere 9.5 points per game on just 31% shooting from the field. Heat point guard Mario Chalmers has averaged only 7 ½ points per game on 41% shooting. Chalmers has averaged just fewer than 5 assists per game during the post season. The one bright spot for Wade’s supporting cast has been the play of center Jermaine O’Neal. O’Neal has shot 56% from the field in this series. On the other side the Hawks finally got the road monkey off of their backs in their game 4 victory in Miami this past Monday with their 81-71 victory. Last year the Hawks were beaten soundly by double digits in every road game in the post season and in their first road game in the 2009 NBA Playoffs they were pounded by 29 points in game 3.
Trend: The Under is 5-1 in their past 6 meetings in Atlanta
The Wagerline consensus has 57% of the bettors on Miami -5
The Wagerline consensus has 66.4% of the bettors playing over 181 1/2
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