Friday Night NBA

By Divol

Atlanta Hawks v Boston Celtics



30th January 00:35 GMT

Just on Thursday, Boston had one game advantage on the Hawks and 1.5 games on Orlando for the second place in the East. Now, they are in a position, that is lose tonight and they find themselves in the 4th seed. But this game is so much more than that. Boston lost three games to the Hawks this season, meaning that a loss tonight will make it a sweep for the Hawks. Boston will today really up for this game.

Hawks on the other hand, sure hate Boston and will be dying to beat them. But, they play tomorrow already in B2B, this time against the Magic, the team that is tied with them and a team they lost twice to this season already.

Hawks wins against Boston prove that they match up well against them, but Boston was injured in two of the games and in first game, the motivation was clearly on the Hawks.

Today Boston are healthy, should want it as much, if not more and they will win or at least make it a close battle.



Picks:

Boston +4, 1.93 - 4 units play - Pinnacle

Boston to win  2.65 - 1 units play - William Hill


Indiana Pacers v Cleveland Cavaliers



30th January 00:05 GMT

First of all, I don't get this line. Cleveland are hurt right now and made three miracle wins one after other. Even if they will win, I see no reason for them to trash such a solid home team as the Pacers. Second, Pacers as I said, are a solid home team. They don't have the best record against Cleveland, but they usually keep the losses single digits against them at home. Jones is a decent defender that will guard LeBron some of the minutes and with Pacers being 0 - 3 the last three home games, I do believe they can find their touch and connect from behind the line tonight.



Picks:

Pacers +6, 1.95 - 2 units play - Pinnacle

Pacers to win, 3.4 - 0.5 units play - Bwin