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Are you betting on the Heat? (AP Images)

It's no coincidence that the two Miami Heat wins in this Eastern Conference first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks came in Jermaine O'Neal's best games with Miami.

Looking every bit the All-Star of old, O'Neal combined for 41 points and 16 rebounds in those contests, and it's him, not Dwyane Wade, that has the Hawks befuddled entering tonight's Game 4.

Atlanta is willing to concede certain things offensively to Wade, knowing no team has completely stopped the NBA's scoring champion. So the Hawks' defensive game plan is built around stopping Miami's supporting cast, like O'Neal, Udonis Haslem, Michael Beasley, and Daequan Cook.

The 5-point underdog Hawks have lost 12 straight postseason games on the road since 1997, including losing four games in Boston last year and the one in Miami on Saturday by a staggering average of 26.4 points.

If they win tonight, home-court advantage swings back to Atlanta. Get your NBA basketball odds in the Bodog Sportsbook.