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2023 NBA Handicapping – Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks
(3-2) Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks (2-3)
Date: Thursday, April 27th
Time: 8:30 PM EST
Venue: State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Moneyline NBA Odds: Celtics -225 | Hawks +188 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Celtics -5.5
Today’s NBA Betting Total: 232.5
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The Boston Celtics appeared to have the series wrapped up, but the Atlanta Hawks refused to fold roaring back to erase a double-digit deficit to steal Game 5 (119-117) to extend the series.
ATS
The Celtics are 48-38-1 overall against the spread this season. Also, they are 22-20-1 ATS as the away team. Additionally, the Hawks are 39-48-1 against the spread this season. Also, they are 19-23-1 ATS as the home team
Season Series
The Celtics swept the regular season series with a trio of wins on November 16th (126-101), March 11th (134-125), and April 9th (120-114).
Last season the clubs played four times splitting the series with two wins each. All-time the Celtics have the winning advantage having defeated the Hawks on 242 of the 389 occasions the teams have played.
The teams have a long history of meeting in the postseason facing each other in 12 series (including when the Hawks were in St. Louis). Boston holds the edge here too winning 10 of the 12 series.
Boston Celtics
After taking the Hawks for granted in Game 4, it felt like the Celtics would be prepared to close out the series knowing the Sixers are resting and waiting.
And even though the Bean Town crew lead for the majority of the match it never felt like they were dominating which proved accurate as an old bad habit reappeared with Boston allowing the Hawks back in the game late.
Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart had arguably their worst five minutes of the series to close the match by turning over the ball, committing dumb fouls, and playing poor defense.
Jaylen Brown was the one Celtic who was locked in leading his squad with 35 points, along with seven rebounds, and five assists.
Stats
On the positive side, Boston claims the fourth-best point production averaging 117.9 points per game. In terms of efficiency, they shoot 47.5% from the field and 37.6% from the perimeter ranking 15th and sixth respectively.
Presently, opponents average 111.4 points per game which rank fifth. Celtics opponents are limited to 46.3% from the field and 34.5% from the perimeter ranking fifth and fourth respectively.
Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Danilo Gallinari, SF (OUT indefinitely — ACL)
Atlanta Hawks
Dejounte Murray watched this game on TV as he served a one-game suspension but the Hawks didn’t stop fighting. They kept plugging away at the Celtics lead and with a little over six minutes remaining took over the match.
Atlanta was trailing by 13 points but closed the match on a 23-10 run to force Game 6 back in Atlanta.
Trae Young (38 points, 13 assists) had his best game of the series punctuated by a 30-foot 3-pointer to give Atlanta a two-point lead with 2.1 seconds remaining.
Stats
Atlanta ranks third in scoring, averaging 118.4 points per game while they shoot 48.3%, from the field and 35.2% from the perimeter ranking ninth and 21st respectively.
On defense, opponents score 118.1 points ranking 26th while foes register 48.6% field goal percentage and 35.6% perimeter percentage ranking 25th and 10th respectively.
Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- No injuries
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Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks NBA Betting Trends:
- All in all, the Celtics are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games.
- Also, the Celtics are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games against Atlanta.
- By comparison, the Hawks are 4-8 ATS in their last 12 games.
- In conclusion, the Hawks are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.
Free Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks NBA Prediction:
All season Boston’s narrative has been how driven they are to get back to the NBA Finals and win the title.
That mindset was clearly missing in the last two contests as they went through the motions in the Game 4 loss and followed it up by choking in Game 5 despite the Hawks missing one of the best two players.
I’ve wondered how Joe Mazzulla would rise to the challenge of the playoffs and while the players are the ones on the hardcourt he bears a big portion of the blame for the Game 5 loss.
Mazzulla called a timeout with the score 103-111 but with two more in his pocket, he waited until the Hawks took the 116-115 lead at 9.1 seconds before calling another timeout.
For much of the six-minute collapse, both Robert Williams and Al Horford were on the court often as the primary defender on Young instead of subbing in one of Malcolm Brogdon or Derrick White (who re-entered with 9.1 seconds remaining).
Nor did he think to put a double-team on the sizzling Trae Young opting to let the sniper shoot the game-winning 3-pointer.
Although the Hawks are thrilled to keep the series alive, unquestionably the 76ers are the team who benefits most because Joel Embiid gets extra days to rest his sore knee.
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