{"id":7679,"date":"2009-01-26T17:02:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T22:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=7679"},"modified":"2009-01-26T17:02:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T22:02:04","slug":"hawks-heat-free-pick-260109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/hawks-heat-free-pick-260109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Celtics vs. Magic (Jan. 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Betting &#8211; Wade&#8217;s Heat vs Johnson&#8217;s Hawks<\/h2>\n<p>The Atlanta Hawks (26-16 SU, 23-19 ATS, 19-21 O\/U) had their three-game winning streak snapped the last time out, losing to the Phoenix Suns 04-99 on Sunday while failing to cover the spread asd4-point home favorites in the BetUS Sportsbook.\u00a0The Miami Heat (23-19 SU, 19-21-2 ATS, 22-20 O\/U) have alternated wins and losses in each of their last five games, but are coming off an encouraging 103-97 win overt the Orlando Magic on Saturday, covering the spread in the BetUS Sportsbook as 7.5-point home underdogs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta got a team-high 19 points from athletic forward Josh Smith while still-blossoming forward Marvin Williams added 17 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat were led by all-star shooting guard Dwyane Wade who scored a game-high 27 points, adding eight rebounds and six assists in a fine performance while rookie point guard Mario Chalmers chipped in with 20 points and six assists in the win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"NBA Betting\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key NBA betting trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Pick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Miami<br \/>\nAtlanta is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 10 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 15 games<br \/>\nAtlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games<br \/>\nMiami is 21-3 SU in its last 24 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 7 of Miami&#8217;s last 9 games<br \/>\nMiami is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games<br \/>\nMiami is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Hawks +4 -110<br \/>\nMiami Heat -4 -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 193 -110<br \/>\nUnder 193 -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis:<\/strong> While the Atlanta Hawks have played pretty mediocre basketball the last few weeks after an encouraging start to the 2008-09 regular season, I like Atlanta to bounce back in a big way tonight by beating the surprising Miami Heat and covering the spread despite being on the road.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s gonna\u2019 be close NBA bettors, but I say take the Hawks to over the spread by the narrowest of margins.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Atlanta +4 Points\/Under 193 Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat from Miami, Florida&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2762,9358,1979,3938,3939,1975,5344,4045,5343,9359,6140,2765,744,4044,3942,747,3925],"class_list":["post-7679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-atlanta-hawks-vs-miami-heat","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-celtics-betting-trends","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-hawks-betting-trends","tag-hawks-vs-heat","tag-heat-betting-trends","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7681,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679\/revisions\/7681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}