Philadelphia 76ers at Atlanta Hawks 6/18/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Philadelphia 76ers will be on the brink of elimination when visiting the Atlanta Hawks on Friday for Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semifinals best-of-seven series. Philadelphia trails in the series 3-2 following a 109-106 disappointing loss to the Hawks on Wednesday. Philadelphia squandered a 26-point lead in the loss. Philadelphia was outscored 40-19 in the fourth quarter. Joel Embiid was the leading scorer for Philadelphia in the loss with 37 points.

Joel Embiid is leading Philadelphia in scoring and rebounding with averages of 27.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Tobias Harris is the second leading scorer with an average of 23.2 points per game. Ben Simmons is the leader in assists with an average of 8.8 assists per game. Philadelphia has four players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the 76ers are scoring an average of 121.0 points per game.

Atlanta would move on to the Eastern Conference Finals with a victory at home in Game 6 on Friday. Atlanta’s Trae Young was the leading scorer for the Hawks with 39 points in Game 5. The Hawks trailed 62-40 at halftime but outscored the 76ers 69-44 in the second half to take the victory. The victory was Atlanta’s second on Philadelphia’s homecourt in this series and a victory at home on Friday would put Atlanta in the Conference finals for the first time in six years.

Trae Young is leading Atlanta in scoring and assists during the postseason with averages of 28.3 points and 10.7 assists per game. The leading rebounder for Atlanta is Clint Capela with an average of 12.7 rebounds per game and the second leading scorer is Bogdan Bogdanovic with an average of 16.4 points per game. Atlanta has seven players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Hawks are scoring an average of 107.1 points per game.