NBA Tuesday Free Pick- Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat

Miami Heat Face the Skidding Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat kick off a Southeast Division home-and-home series on Tuesday night. The game has a slated 7:30 p.m. tip at American Airlines Arena. VietBet has opened the Heat as 10.5-point home favorites with the total set at 206.5. The line is now the Heat -12.5 and the total is at 207.

The Hawks come into this Tuesday’s contest with just their second straight-up win in their last 13 games. They barely got by past division rival Orlando 94-88 on Sunday. They were a slight 1.5-point home favorites with VietBet.

They are last the Eastern Conference standings at 22-55 with. The Hawks have only six SU road victories in 38 of those games. Atlanta has gone 2-5-1 against the spread in its last eight road games.

Atlanta got a strong effort from its bench on Sunday. They were led by Tyler Dorsey’s team-high 19 points. Dennis Schroder has been the team’s leading scorer this season with 19.4 points per game. He is officially done for the year with an ankle injury. That cannot be good news for a team that is 23^rd in the NBA in scoring with an average of 103.4 PPG.

Miami Heat Battling for Playoff Spot

Miami had a chance to clinch a playoff spot on Saturday night against Brooklyn. They came up one point short in overtime with a 110-109 loss as an eight-point favorite. This snapped a SU eight-game winning streak on its home court.

Miami was 7-1 ATS on the VietBet closing line over that same span. The total went OVER 213.5 points against the Nets and it has gone OVER or ended as a PUSH in seven of the Heat’s last 11 games.

Goran Dragic has been Miami’s leading scorer this season with 17.4 points per game. That is good on a team that is ranked 24^th in the NBA in points scored (103.3). He ended Saturday’s game with a team-high 18 points. Dragic went 7-for-17 from the field.

After that loss, center Hassen Whiteside went on a rant about playing time. This was after remaining on the bench for the forth quarter and overtime. He ended the night with 14 points and six rebounds.

The Heat could be considered the best of the rest in East. They would have a very short shelf life in postseason play. While current form dictates an early exit in the opening round. I would still pencil in Miami for a pair of victories in this home-and-home series. That is both SU and ATS starting Tuesday night at home against the worst team in the conference.

NBA Betting Trends

Team	Type	Trend	Hit%	O/U	Push.	W/L
Miami Heat	Home	Under is 7-1 in Heat last 8 games as a home favorite of 11.0 or greater.	87.50% (8)	1|7	0	|
Miami Heat	Home	Under is 7-1 in Heat last 8 games as a favorite of 11.0 or greater.	87.50% (8)	1|7	0	|
Atlanta Hawks	Away	Under is 6-1 in Hawks last 7 games as a road underdog of 5.0-10.5.	85.70% (7)	1|6	0	|
Miami Heat	Home	Over is 5-1-1 in Heat last 7 games as a home favorite of 5.0-10.5.	83.30% (7)	5|1	1	|
Atlanta Hawks	Away	Under is 5-1 in Hawks last 6 games as a favorite.	83.30% (6)	4|1	1	|
Atlanta Hawks	Away	Under is 5-1 in Hawks last 6 games as a favorite of 0.5-4.5.	83.30% (6)	2|7	0	|
Miami Heat	Home	Over is 4-1-1 in Heat last 6 games as a favorite.	80.00% (6)	4|1	1	|
Miami Heat	Home	Heat are 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games as an underdog of 0.5-4.5.	80.00% (6)	|	1	4|1
Miami Heat	Home	Under is 4-1 in Heat last 5 games as a home underdog of 5.0-10.5.	80.00% (5)	1|4	0	|
Miami Heat	Home	Heat are 12-3-1 ATS in their last 16 games as an underdog of 5.0-10.5.	80.00% (16)	|	1	12|3
Miami Heat	Home	Under is 7-2 in Heat last 9 games as a favorite of 0.5-4.5.	77.80% (9)	2|7	0	|
Atlanta Hawks	Away	Under is 7-2-1 in Hawks last 10 games as a road underdog of 0.5-4.5.	77.80% (10)	2|7	1	|
Atlanta Hawks	Away	Under is 20-6 in Hawks last 26 games as a road favorite.	76.90% (26)	6|20	0	|
Atlanta Hawks	Away	Under is 16-5 in Hawks last 21 games as a road favorite of 5.0-10.5.	76.20% (21)	5|16	0	|
Miami Heat	Home	Over is 6-2 in Heat last 8 games as an underdog of 0.5-4.5.	75.00% (8)	6|2	0	|

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