The Atlanta Hawks (39-38) host the Boston Celtics (50-27) in an Eastern Conference match up that will take place at Philips Arena Atlanta, GA at 8 PM ET. Celtics are the slight 1-point road favorite with the total sitting at 208.
The Celtics are coming off a 114-91 home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers where Isaiah Thomas was the high scorer for Boston going for 26 points, but he missed seven of his eight three pointers and had four turnovers. LeBron James led the Cavaliers going for 36 points and 10 rebounds. The Celtics had won two in a row previous to that loss, but they have failed to cover in five of their last six games and on the season against the spread they are 38-38-2. In three of Boston’s last four games, including the last two, the total has gone under to bring their O/U record on the season to 37-38.
In their last game the Hawks were on the road and lost to the Brooklyn Nets, who have the worst record in the NBA, 91-82. Dennis Schroder was the high scorer for the Hawks with 16 points on only 7/20 shooting and Brook Lopez was the high scorer for the Nets with 29 points. Atlanta has lost two in a row and they failed to cover the spread in the loss to the Nets while they had done so in their previous two games and on the season they are 35-42 ATS. In nine of the Hawks last 10 games the total has gone under and for the season they have an O/U record of 29-46.
This season the Celtics are 22-17 on the road and on offense they rank 8th in the league in ppg, tied for 14th in 3-pt FG%, and 3rd in free throw percentage. On defense they rank 14th in ppg allowed, 2nd in 3-pt FG% allowed, and 6th in free-throw percentage allowed.
The Hawks are 20-18 at home this season and rank 22nd in ppg, 25th in 3-pt FG%, and 28th in free throw percentage. On the defensive side of the ball Atlanta ranks 9th in ppg allowed, 16th in 3-pt FG% allowed, and 13th in free-throw percentage allowed.
These teams have split the two games facing each other this season with each winning on the road. The last time they met it was on February 27th in Boston where the Hawks won 114-98, covered the spread as a 4.5-point underdog, and the total was a PICK.
Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks Betting Trends
- The Celtics are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
- The Celtics are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games.
- The Hawks are 7-15 ATS in their last 22 games overall.
- The Hawks are 8-23 ATS in their last 31 home games
- In the last 5 games between these teams the Under record is 4-0-1.
Public Money Consensus
In this NBA matchup between Boston and Atlanta have the public heavily leaning to the Celtics -1.5 points with 91%. The over/under bettors are banking on this game going over the posted total of 208.5 with over 80% on board.
