NBA Picks: Hawks vs Heat NBA Odds – March 6, 2010: Leading the season series two games to one, the (31-31) Miami Heat [-2½] welcome the sports betting odds underdog (40-21) Atlanta Hawks [+2½] to the American Airlines Arena. This Southeast Divisional matchup is scheduled to tipoff at 7:40 PM ET (6:40 PM CT) and it will be broadcasted live on SUN-SPM and/or FSS-ATL. The OVER/UNDER for this, NBA Picks: Hawks vs Heat NBA Odds – March 6, 2010 game is set at a combined total of 189 points.
For the visiting Hawks, playing at the AAA has been a dreadful task offensively in the past. Nevertheless, Atlanta comes into this game with lots of confidence and riding the momentum of a 4-game win streak. The Hawks have started the month of March on fire, winning all of their games thus far averaging over 118 points per contest. The visitors are going to need to play much better than they have in the past in South Florida. Coming into this game, Atlanta has lost 25 of its last 29 in The Magic City.
For the Heat, they too bring a win streak of their own, as they look to extend it to three games. Miami’s latest victory came courtesy of the defending World Champion Los Angeles Lakers. The Heat escaped with an overtime 114-111 victory on Thursday night, avoided being swept by the champs and got back to .500.
“We have big-moment, big-player type guys that love to step up to a big challenge like this and aren't afraid of the moment,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Obviously, Dwyane is like that, Jermaine is like that. Udonis (Haslem), Quentin (Richardson) will hit big shots. A lot of times it's a fight and an argument to see who's going to shoot the ball. They're not running from it. They want the moment.”
