It’s Saturday, January 18, and the Atlanta Hawks (21-19) and Boston Celtics (29-12) are all set to face off at TD Garden in Boston.
Boston beat the Magic last night in Orlando 121-94 behind Jayson Tatum’s 30 points. The Hawks won in Chicago on Wednesday night, 110-94. Keaton Wallace scored 27 points in the victory.
The Hawks are currently 10-11 on the road with a -2 point differential, while the Celtics are 5-5 in their last ten home games.
We’ve got all the news and analysis you need ahead of the match, including the latest on how to get news, odds, recent team performances, player stats and, of course, our predictions, our picks and our best bets for the game from our modeling tools and our team of experts.
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Game details and how to watch Hawks vs Celtics live today
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Game odds for Hawks vs. Celtics
The latest odds as of Saturday:
That gives the Hawks an implied team point total of 115.94 and the Celtics 121.67.
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Expert Picks and Predictions for Saturday’s Hawks vs. Celtics Game
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Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas) likes Holiday to score tonight: Jrue Holiday OVER 10.5 points (-110)
“Holiday is not a prolific scorer on this team. That’s not his role. However, he has the best defensive game against a team that gives up a ton of points to guards. Pritchard is also a good looker.
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Our model calculates projections around every moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the NBA schedule based on data points such as recent performance, head-to-head player matchups, player information trends and projected game totals.
Once the model is complete, we place its projections next to the final betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each bet.
Here are the best bets our model projects for today’s Hawks & Celtics game:
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Money line: NBC Sports Bet recommends betting on the Boston Celtics on Moneyline.
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Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards an ATS game on the Atlanta Hawks at +11.
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Total: NBC Sports Bet is leaning toward a play on the UNDER for a total of 234.
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Important stats, trends and information to know ahead of Hawks vs Celtics on Saturday
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The Celtics have won 4 of their last 5 games against teams in the Southeast Division
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The UNDER are 18-13 in Celtics games against Eastern Conference teams this season.
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The Hawks have covered the spread in 4 of their last 5 games and 8 of their last 10 games against Eastern Conference teams.
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