Boston Celtics Game Tonight: Celtics vs Hawks Injury Report, Starting Lineup, Predictions, TV Channel for March 11
The Boston Celtics can prove they’re out of what has been an early-March malaise, or they can indicate that the March 8 win over Portland was merely a standout night, when they play the Hawks at the Philips Arena on March 11.
Atlanta comes into this one having split their last 10 games, which have been merely a microcosm of their 2022-23 season. The arrival of Dejounte Murray, at the price of three future first-round picks, has not had the intended consequences despite the guard averaging 21/6/5 on a 46/36/84 shooting split.
Boston has the chance to regain ground, or at least not lose any ground, in the Eastern Conference chase for the No. 1 seed given that the Bucks also playing on Saturday. Will the Cs knock off a team they could end up facing in the first round of the postseason, or fall prey to the Hawks?
18. 34-33. 125. 46-21. NBC Sports Boston. Saturday, March 11. Celtics -4.5. 7:30 PM ET
Atlanta Hawks: 10th (ORtg), 22nd (DRtg), 9th (Pace), 18th (NRtg)
Boston Celtics: 4th (ORtg), 4th (DRtg), 19th (Pace), 1st (NRtg)
Boston Celtics Projected Starting Lineup
PG – Marcus Smart, SG – Derrick White, SF – Jaylen Brown, PF – Jayson Tatum, C – Al Horford
Atlanta Hawks Projected Starting Lineup
PG – Trae Young, SG – Dejounte Murray, SF – De’Andre Hunter, PF – John Collins, C – Clint Capela
Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks Injury Report
Celtics C Robert Williams III (hamstring) – Out
Celtics PG Payton Pritchard (heel) – Out
Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks Prediction
The last time these two teams played in Atlanta, Boston had little trouble dispatching of the Hawks — dominating to the tune of a 126-101 final score. And that was without Marcus Smart in the lineup for the Celtics.
The oddsmakers see this one being a potentially close call, but the Houdini does not. After getting a much-needed win Wednesday, Boston will continue rolling with a double-digit win to kick off a six-game road-trip against a Hawks team that is coming into this one having swept the Wizards in a two-game swing in D.C.
Celtics 131 Hawks 118