The Atlanta Hawks (48-34) may not have won the Southeast Division and earned the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference like they did last year.
However, the fourth-seeded Hawks will have home-court advantage against a favorable opponent in the fifth-seeded Boston Celtics (48-34) when they tip off their first-round series Saturday. Atlanta is a consensus 5.5-point favorite for Game 1 at sportsbooks Odds Shark monitors.
The Celtics lost the last three regular-season meetings with the Hawks both straight-up and against the spread after winning the first one 106-93 as 1.5-point home underdogs back on November 13. Overall, the four games were decided by an average of 14 points, with both played in Atlanta won by double digits.
The previous three head-to-head matchups also finished over the total, according to the Odds Shark NBA Database.
After getting held under the century mark in the first meeting, the Hawks averaged 116 points in the series and will try to keep up that pace and take advantage of a questionable Boston defense.
The most recent game between the teams took place a week ago in Atlanta and ...
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NBA Betting Preview: Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks Game 1 Odds, Analysis
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