Two of the best playing teams in the Eastern Conference square off on the court Wednesday when the Boston Celtics (11-3, 1st-Atlantic) pay a visit to the Atlanta Hawks (9-5, 1st-Southeast) at State Farm Arena. Boston is first in the Eastern Conference and has won each of its last seven with its most recent victory on Monday when defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 126-122. Atlanta is third in the Eastern Conference and is coming off a 121-106 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night. Boston will play without Danilo Gallinari and Robert Williams III, while Malcolm Brogdon is questionable. Atlanta will play without Bogdan Bogdanovic
The Boston Celtics have a strong duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, with an excellent supporting cast that has helped to put Boston at the top of the NBA in scoring with an average of 120.0 points per game. Boston is third in field-goal shooting percentage at 48.4% and 4th in 3-point shooting percentage at 38.2%. Jayson Tatum is the team leader in scoring with an average of 31.9 points per game, while shooting 49.1%, while Jaylen Brown is second in scoring with an average of 25.4 points per game and is shooting 48.2%. Marcus Smart is the dish leader for Boston with a team-best 7.1 assists per game. The Celtics average 26.2 assists and 12.4 turnovers per game.
Boston is allowing an average of 114.10 points per game which is 19th in the NBA. The Celtics are allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 46.2% and a three- point shooting percentage of 36.2% which are 14th and 20th respectively. On the boards, the leading rebounder is Jayson Tatum with an average of 7.4 boards per contest. The Celtics average 42.1 rebounds per game with 33.9 defensive rebounds and 8.2 offensive rebounds per contest. The Celtics are averaging 6.0 steals and 5.6 blocked shots per game. Smart is the leader in steals with an average of 1.1 per contest and Tatum is the swat leader with an average of 1.4 blocked shots per game.
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