Celtics at Hawks 1/19/19 - NBA Picks & Predictions

On Saturday, the Boston Celtics will play the second half of a back-to-back when they visit the Atlanta Hawks. Boston hosts the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday before visiting the Hawks on Saturday. Boston defeated the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday 117-108 behind the 27 points from Kyrie Irving and Boston trails the Raptors in the Atlantic division by six games.

Atlanta defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday 142-126 in its latest outing and will be well rested when they play Boston on Saturday. Trae Young led the Hawks with 24 points and 11 assists. Atlanta is 14-30 on the season. Kyrie Irving leads the Celtics in scoring and assists with averages of 22.8 points and 6.7 assists per game. Jayson Tatum is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.3 rebounds per game. As a team, Boston is shooting 45.8% from the field and 36.6% from 3-point territory.

John Collins leads the Hawks in scoring and rebounding with averages of 19.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. Trae Young is the team leader in assists with 7.2 per game and second in scoring with 16.0 points per game. As a team, the Hawks are shooting 45.0% from the field and 33.8% from 3-point territory.