Milwaukee at Atlanta

The Atlanta Hawks beat-out the Celtics for the No. 3 seed, and continue to make strides every season. The Milwaukee Bucks were hot over the second half of the season, despite losing Michael Redd again in mid-January. A bigger loss occurred when Andrew Bogut went down with just a few weeks to go in the season and will miss the playoffs. The Bucks have made impressive strides, but there is one area they still have yet to shine in and that is playing on the road vs. a winning team. Discounting the season finale vs. the Celtics, when the C's sat their starters, the Bucks finished the regular season just 3-16 on the road vs. a winning team. The injuries will be too hard to overcome here, so I like Atlanta in this one.