The 36-29 Atlanta Hawks will travel to play the 38-27 Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night. Tip off time from Brooklyn is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the home team Brooklyn Nets favored by -4 points with an over under line of 188 ½ points. There has been no movement in the line since the odds were released a few hours ago.
The teams have met three times this season with Brooklyn winning two of the three games. Atlanta covered the point spread in two of the three meetings.
Atlanta is 15-18 on the road this season. They win their second straight all at home following a 107-94 victory on Friday to the Phoenix Suns as a -9 point betting favorite. The game finished over 192 ½ points. The Hawks went into the locker room at halftime with a 57-46 lead. They shot 48.8% from the field and hit on 12 of 23 three pointers. Atlanta survived 20 turnovers by allowing 44.3% shooting to the Suns and forcing 24 Phoenix turnovers. Al Horford for the Hawks had 16 points and 11 rebounds in the win. Atlanta has battled consistency issues for much of the season on the offensive end of the court. Defensively they have held teams under 100 points in eight of their past ten games.
The Nets are 22-13 straight up on their home court. Brooklyn wins their fourth game in five tries after a 108-98 home victory on Tuesday to the New Orleans Hornets as a -6 point betting favorite. The game finished over 184 points. It was a tough spot for the Nets winning on the back end of a back to back and playing their four games in five nights in four different cities each night. Brooklyn hit on 50% of their shots with 5 of 16 coming from three point range. They pulled down 11 more rebounds than the Hornets and a good thing the Nets did as New Orleans shot 51.3% from the field. Brooklyn got to the free throw line 16 more times than the Hornets. Brook Lopez led the Nets with 26 points and five rebounds on 10 of 15 shooting. Brooklyn has clamped down on defense this year as the team allows 94.4 points a game good for fourth in the NBA in scoring defense.
