ASA play on 8* OVER 218.5 Atlanta Hawks @ Miami Heat, 1 PM ET - This is going to be a high scoring affair. These same two teams met on April 8th and the oddsmakers posted a Total of 230.5 on the game. Now the O/U we are dealing with is nearly two full touchdowns less? Let’s first examine each teams’ recent games against similar teams in terms of style of play. Atlanta is coming off a game against the Cavs who are similar to the Heat in terms of defense, but not close offensively and the O/U was 223. On April 5th the Hawks face the Raptors who are like the Heat defensively but not as good offensively and the two teams combined for 226 total points on a game that had a Total set of 226.5. We can’t stress how important the value of the O/U numbers is here. Miami has faced a few similar teams to the Hawks recently in Charlotte and Chicago. Those two games had O/U’s of 225 and 217 and both went Over the numbers easily with 259 and 236 total points. Atlanta games this season averaged 226.2 total points per game. The Heat and their opponents averaged 215.6PPG. In the four meetings between these two teams this season these two teams have scored more than 218 in 3 of four and the one game that stayed Under both teams were missing several key starters. These are the two best 3-point shooting teams in the NBA so we don’t need as many possessions to cash an Over wager. Expect plenty of fireworks here and an easy OVER.