Boston is aiming to sweep the regular season series against the Hawks tonight, but can they do it with all of their stars resting? Catch the game live from 1 pm on ESPN, I've prepared a Same Game Parlay to spics things up a bit.
We also have predictions for the rest of Sunday's 15-game slate on our NBA Predictions page, so don't forget to check those out.
Let's dive into my SGP bet now!
Atlanta Hawks Money Line (+225)
After losing both meetings to the Celtics this season, the Hawks will enter this game as 7-point underdogs. Each team is expected to play with weakened line-ups here as the main stars take a break on the final day of the regular season. This game is much more important to the Hawks reserves than those of the Celtics. With their play-in tournament game against Miami happening on Tuesday night, it will be important to build up some momentum for the role players. Another stat that gives the Hawks a slight edge here is their bench production. They average 34.7 points per game compared to 32.4 the Celtics do. Most of Boston's points off the pine come from Malcolm Brogdon, so if head coach Joe Mazzulla decides to rest him they might find themselves in a difficult situation here. Atlanta prefers to run in road games this season, which is evident from their 23-16-1 O/U record in those games. I feel like it's not unrealistic at all to back the Hawks to pull of the upset here.