the difference between philly/heat and bulls/pacers is match-ups and talent. the pacers have the talent and the bulls don't have overwhelming size so if its a slower paced game the pacers should be able to hang tight, whereas philly has been on/off offensive wise all year and just don't have the talent to match-up. so its more on whether the heat turn it on or not..
for tonight i think the magic/hawks fall under the later as they can match-up just fine after howard and they do have the talent to match, therefore i'm going large on the hawks tonight as i see no reason they don't have a shot to repeat their previous performance and 9 points is simply very healthy insurance
for tonight i think the magic/hawks fall under the later as they can match-up just fine after howard and they do have the talent to match, therefore i'm going large on the hawks tonight as i see no reason they don't have a shot to repeat their previous performance and 9 points is simply very healthy insurance