Both teams were swept by Cleveland in the 2015 playoffs, but Atlanta made it to the conference finals while Boston was out after the first round. Boston won the first meeting this season, but the Hawks won and covered the spread the last three times they met. That includes 118-107 on April 9 as Paul Millsap scored 31 points and the Hawks shot 52.3 percent and made 17 of 33 from three-point range. Atlanta likely won't hit those numbers in this matchup and the Hawks have gone UNDER in four of their last five games and nine of their last 13 home games. Atlanta averages 49.6 points in the first half, which is 25th in the NBA. The Hawks have more playoff experience, the home court and they have an opponent field goal percentage of just .432. Play the Hawks and the first half UNDER.
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NBA
Boston at Atlanta
April 16, 2016
7:05 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Atlanta -5.5 (-102) (risk 1.5 to return 2.97)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
1 unit on 1st ½ Total UNDER 98.5 -110 (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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