Atlanta Hawks (26-30, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (30-24, sixth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n
Philadelphia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> 76ers -4.5; over\/under is 237.5<\/p>\n BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta heads into the matchup with Philadelphia as losers of three in a row.<\/p>\n The 76ers have gone 19-18 against Eastern Conference teams. Philadelphia ranks ninth in the Eastern Conference in team defense, giving up just 115.9 points while holding opponents to 47.1% shooting.<\/p>\n The Hawks are 13-20 in Eastern Conference play. Atlanta ranks second in the NBA scoring 18.0 fast break points per game led by Jalen Johnson averaging 4.2.<\/p>\n The 76ers score 116.2 points per game, 2.4 fewer points than the 118.6 the Hawks give up. The Hawks are shooting 47.2% from the field, 0.1% higher than the 47.1% the 76ers\u2019 opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n The two teams play for the third time this season. The Hawks defeated the 76ers 120-117 in their last meeting on Dec. 14. Dyson Daniels led the Hawks with 27 points, and Paul George led the 76ers with 35 points.<\/p>\n TOP PERFORMERS: Tyrese Maxey is averaging 28.9 points, 6.8 assists and two steals for the 76ers. Kelly Oubre Jr. is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n Johnson is averaging 23.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 8.2 assists for the Hawks. CJ McCollum is averaging 19.9 points and 3.2 assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n LAST 10 GAMES: 76ers: 6-4, averaging 114.1 points, 40.1 rebounds, 24.8 assists, 9.2 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.9 points per game.<\/p>\n Hawks: 5-5, averaging 115.9 points, 43.2 rebounds, 28.2 assists, 8.4 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.6 points.<\/p>\n INJURIES: 76ers: Joel Embiid: day to day (knee), Quentin Grimes: day to day (illness).<\/p>\n Hawks: Jonathan Kuminga: out (knee).<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta Hawks (26-30, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (30-24, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Philadelphia;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,7504,76733,206,2330,2397,677,2990,936,867,3147,6,446,11760,526,4015,678,207,4155,75525,66,1263],"class_list":{"0":"post-609385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlantahawks","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-c-j-mccollum","13":"tag-data-skrive","14":"tag-dyson-daniels","15":"tag-ga-state-wire","16":"tag-georgia","17":"tag-hawks","18":"tag-jalen-johnson","19":"tag-joel-embiid","20":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","21":"tag-kelly-oubre","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-nba-basketball","24":"tag-pa-state-wire","25":"tag-paul-george","26":"tag-pennsylvania","27":"tag-philadelphia","28":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","29":"tag-quentin-grimes","30":"tag-send-to-apple-news","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-tyrese-maxey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116090521866519642","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}