Thursday Basketball Betting – Hawks at Celtics on TNT. The Boston Celtics are favored in basketball betting on Thursday as they host the Atlanta Hawks in a game that can be seen on TNT. While Boston is favored, this is not a good spot for the Celtics as they are in a back-to-back having played last night in New York. It is tough to take Atlanta though in NBA basketball betting as you never know what the Hawks are going to do.
Atlanta is a Mystery
The Hawks are maddening to figure out in NBA basketball betting. They are 16-10 straight up but a rotten 11-15 against the spread. They are simply terrible at home against the spread but decent on the road. Atlanta was routed last time out at Detroit by a poor Pistons team. That is the problem with taking the Hawks. You never know if you are going to get a premier effort. Head coach Larry Drew is a players coach and the players sometimes show up and sometimes they don’t. The Hawks don’t have Joe Johnson who is out with an injury so their offense is inconsistent. And when they are not trying on defense they can get blown out. If they play hard they can win but you don’t know from game to game when that is going to happen. The one thing you do know is that Al Horford will play well. He is averaging a career high 17 points and 9.8 rebounds per game this season.
Celtics 4-6-1 ATS at Home
The Celtics have not been that great at home this season vs. the pointspread. Boston is great on the road vs. the number but at home they have struggled. If Atlanta was a trustworthy team then the Hawks would probably be the way to go in this game since Boston doesn’t cover that often at home in NBA basketball betting and they are playing with no rest.
Game Numbers
The Hawks are 1-4 in basketball betting in their last 5 Thursday games. The Celtics are 13-3 ATS in their last 16 vs. the Southeast. The Hawks are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings against Boston. The Celtics are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games playing on no rest. If you are looking at the total at Sbgglobal then you may want to look at the under. The Under is 5-1 in the Hawks last 6 road games. The Under is 5-2 in the Hawks last 7 overall. The Over is 7-3 in the Celtics last 10 home games but the Under is 32-15-1 in the Celtics last 48 Thursday games.