The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks meet in a possible Play-In Tournament preview on Friday night in Atlanta. It’s a matchup of two teams battling for playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks-76ers Friday night game itips at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The Heat play their first game since the All-Star break, having split their last 18 games. Miami sits in eighth place in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks are fighting for a spot in the Play-In as well, currently in ninth place in the East, one and a half games behind the Heat..
Below, we’ll break down our Heat vs. Hawks prediction and spread for Friday’s game. Make your picks on PrizePicks and PrizePicks Team Picks and earn real money if you’re right, including on game winners, spreads, and totals.
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Heat vs. Hawks Prediction, Spread
The Heat and Hawks, who have a combined seven Play-In Tournament appearances between them, meet for the 145th time in the regular season. The Heat hold an 82-62 series edge, with the teams splitting the two games this season, including a Hawks win early this month.
Heat vs. Hawks Spread, Over/Under
The Heat enter the Eastern Conference game as 3.5-point favorites, returning a 1.61x payout on PrizePicks Team Picks if they win.
The Hawks are the underdogs with a 2.22x payout if they win, via PrizePicks Team Picks.
- Spread: Miami Heat -3.5
- Over/Under: 245.5
- Game Winner Payout: Hawks 2.22x | Heat 1.61x
Team Picks data is live at the time of writing and is subject to change.
Heat vs. Hawks Prediction on Spread
- The Heat are 32-24 against the spread this season. The 57.1% cover percentage is fourth-best in the league behind Phoenix, San Antonio, and Charlotte.
- Miami is 18-11 ATS as an underdog, including a 5-2 ATS record on the road, third-best in the league..
- Miami has split the season with 28 games going over and 28 games going under. However, four of the last six games before the break went under the posted total.
- Miami has the highest pace in the NBA at 104.87 and is averaging 119.5 points per game, fifth-highest in the NBA.
- The Hawks are 27-30 against the spread this season. Atlanta covered last night in Philly to end a streak of four straight non-covers.
- Atlanta has been much better as an underdog this season, covering in 19 of 33 games.
- The Hawks are tenth in the NBA, averaging 117.3 PPG and sixth in shooting 3’s at 37%.
Heat vs. Hawks Injury Report
Let’s dive into the full Heat vs. Hawks injury report for Friday, via NBA.com
Heat Injury Report
- G Tyler Herro (ribs) - Probable
- F Keshad Johnson (calf) - Questionable
- G Norman Powell (back) - Questionable
Hawks Injury Report
- Not yet submitted
Heat vs. Hawks Picks for PrizePicks Today: February 20
Here are two Heat vs. Hawks picks to target for Friday, February 20 on PrizePicks. Player stat projections via PrizePicks are headlined by C Bam Adebayo and Hawks F Jalen Johnson.
Heat C Bam Adebayo Projection vs. Hawks: 18.5 Points
- Heat C Bam Adebayo has reached his player points projection in three straight and in 10 of the past 13 games. This came after not reaching his point projection in 14 straight games from December 6 to January 11.
- Adebayo has scored 20+ in 23 of 48 games played this season, including three straight and 11 of the past 13 games.
- In 28 career games vs. the Hawks, Adebayo is averaging 17.0 PPG and 8.9 rebounds a games.
- The Kentucky product is scoring 18.4 points per game, third-best on the Heat behind Norman Powell and Tyler Herro.
Hawks F Jalen Johnson Projection vs. Heat: 6.5 Assists
- Hawks F Jalen Johnson has reach his assist projection in five of the last six and in seven of the last 10 games.
- The listed total of 6.5 assists is two less than Thursday’s listed 8.5. He got 5 assists vs. the 76ers.
- In the last five games before the break, Johnson totaled 53 assists, 10.6 per game.
- The Duke product averages 8.1 assists per game, seventh-best in the NBA.
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