Atlanta Hawks vs Miami Heat Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 8 (4/8): NBA

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2021-2022 season stats

Preview

The Atlanta Hawks continue on the road and will visit the Miami Heat on Friday night. This is the fourth time these teams face off this season, Miami has the lead 2-1.

ATLANTA HAWKS

The Hawks have won 4 of their last 5 games but are just 15-24 on the road this season. They have a 42-38 overall record ranking 2nd in the Southeast division. The Hawks are 9-6 against opponents in the Southeast Division. Atlanta ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference with 34.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Clint Capela averaging 8.1.

Young is shooting 38.2% from beyond the arc with 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Hawks, while averaging 28.3 points and 9.7 assists. Bogdan Bogdanovic is averaging 19 points over the last 10 games for Atlanta.

In their last 10 games the Hawks are  7-3, averaging 119.8 points, 43.4 rebounds, 25.8 assists, 8.7 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 48.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.4 points.

INJURIES: Collins is out.

MIAMI HEAT 

The Heat have won 5 games in a row and are 28-12 at home, they have a 52-28 record overall ranking first in the Southeast. The Heat are 12-2 against the rest of their division. Miami ranks third in the NBA giving up just 105.3 points per game while holding opponents to 44.6% shooting.

Tyler Herro is scoring 20.8 points per game with 5.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists for the Heat. Bam Adebayo is averaging 19.0 points and 9.4 rebounds while shooting 64.3% over the last 10 games for Miami.

In their last 10 games the Heat are 6-4, averaging 114.2 points, 39.8 rebounds, 25.6 assists, 7.1 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 49.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.1 points per game.

INJURIES: Tucker is out.

BETTING TRENDS

Atlanta are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games.

Atlanta are 5-14 ATS in their last 19 games on the road.

Miami are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games.

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games.

Prediction

Miami lead Boston by two games with only two games remaining on the regular season schedule, so they should play this game with full power too. The Heat are on a 5 game winning streak and have won 5 of their last 6 games at home against the Hawks but they have a lot of players questionable for this game so it's unclear how many of them will be out. Atlanta is closing the season really good and Trae Young is on fire scoring at least 30 points per game in 5 of his last 6 games. Take the Hawks.

PICK: Hawks -1.5 (-110)

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