{"id":27634,"date":"2013-02-05T10:48:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27634"},"modified":"2013-02-05T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:48:48","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-atlanta-hawks-vs-indiana-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-atlanta-hawks-vs-indiana-pacers-27634\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Atlanta Hawks vs. Indiana Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at Indiana Pacers
\nTuesday, 2\/5\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSIN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indiana -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Indiana -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 180.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 183
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Atlanta Hawks have won four consecutive games against the Indiana Pacers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a disappointing 93-76 loss to the Chicago Bulls as seven-point home favorites last Saturday night, while going UNDER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Hawks have four probable starters averaging in double figures, with Al Horford being second on the team in scoring 16.0 points per game, as he prepares to take on a challenging opponent.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve played some good games against them,\u201d stated Horford Monday.\u00a0 Atlanta is 0-7 ATS when playing on two days rest this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Hawks have gotten great offensive production out of forward Josh Smith in his last five games, as he\u2019s averaged 21.2 points on 51.1 percent shooting over that span.\u00a0 Atlanta is 10-12 overall away from Phillips Arena, including a 5-8 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that tonight\u2019s visitor has won four straight in this series overall, with Horford averaging 18.0 points in the first two meetings this year.<\/p>\n

Indiana has followed up a three-game losing streak by winning three in a row, including a 111-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls as 5.5-point home favorites last night, while going OVER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 The Pacers are averaging 104.4 points over their last five games, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m proud of the way we\u2019re growing on that end,\u201d stated Pacers coach Frank Vogel.\u00a0 Indiana is 5-1 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points this season\u2014winning each of those affairs in straight-up fashion.<\/p>\n

The Pacers are a dominating 19-3 at home this season, including a 10-1 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Indiana will try to nail down its first 15-game win streak in front of its home fans in 13 seasons.\u00a0 It has been all about dominating the glass recently for this squad, as it has out-rebounded its last five opponents by an average of 9.6 boards per game in that span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 15-5 in the Hawks last 20 road games when the total is between 180 and 184.5<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Hawks at Indiana Pacers Tuesday, 2\/5\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSIN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indiana -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Indiana -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 180.5 Current Total:\u00a0 183 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a disappointing 93-76 loss to the Chicago Bulls […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3277,834,3622,565,3276,18],"class_list":["post-27634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-horford","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-eastern-conference","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-josh-smith","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27635,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27634\/revisions\/27635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}