The Boston Celtics are on the road at the Atlanta Hawks on Monday in a battle of Eastern Conference teams in the National Basketball Association. The Boston Celtics are the top team in the league, and will be the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference postseason. Boston won their 9th straight game on Saturday, as they topped the Chicago Bulls. The Celtics are 57-14.
For Atlanta, they also picked up a win on Saturday. The Hawks beat the Hornets, and are now 31-39 on the season. The Hawks are currently the 10th seed in the Eastern Conference postseason picture. Atlanta is 5.5 games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets for that final spot.
The Boston Celtics are -11 over the Atlanta Hawks here. The total is listed at 225.5.
Red Hot Boston Celtics
The last time the Boston Celtics lost a game was March 7th on the road at the Denver Nuggets. That was their second straight loss at the time. The Celtics have won 7 of their last 8 by double digits. The lone close game was the 3 point win on Wednesday over the Milwaukee Bucks.
In the win over the Bulls, Jayson Tatum played, and led the team in scoring. The superstar scored 26 points in the game. Al Hoford scored 23 points as well, while Sam Hauser also scored 23 points off the bench. Tatum leads the team with 27.1 points per game, and has played in the required 65 games to be eligible for the league MVP.
Boston will finish the month with another game at Atlanta on Thursday, and then a trip to New Orleans on Saturday. The month of April will start in Charlotte on April 1st, before coming home to host three straight teams.
Murray Guiding Hawks
It was a massive night for Dejounte Murray in the win over the Hornets. He scored 28 points, ripped down 7 rebounds and dished out 12 assists. The Hawks saw six guys score double digits in the game.
Bruno Fernando scored 25 points in the game, coming off the bench. On the season, Murray is second in scoring, behind Trae Young. Murray is scoring 22.2 points per game.Young has been out for the Hawks since February 23rd when he injured his finger.
The Hawks have this game, and then they will welcome Portland to town on Wednesday and the Celtics back on Thursday. The final game of the month of March is on March 30th against the Milwaukee Bucks. The first game of April is on the road at the Chicago Bulls.
Celtics Top Hawks
The Boston Celtics are using guys in and out of their lineups to try to keep guys healthy. They also do not want to get guys rusty, so guys are sitting some, and playing some. But, it has not seemed to matter who is in and who is out.
The Celtics are loaded, and ready for the postseason. When push comes to shove, the Celtics are going to win this game, and win it easily. Our final bet for this game is the Boston Celtics -11 over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday in the National Basketball Association.
