1. Celtics (66-16) vs 8. Hawks (37-45)
Regular Season Series: BOS 3-0
Point Differencial: BOS +14.3
Why should I bother? Well, I already did the artwork so...
I haven't really seen the Hawks play this season but what can I read from the numbers they ain't a good defensive team. They are a little thin in their frontcourt rotation where their best player is a rookie. They have nobody, I mean nobody, who can protect the rim. We all know what the Celtics have to offer: the best defensive team in the league an by far the hungriest.
Expect the Hawks to collapse on KG and also expect a big series from Paul Pierce. The Celtics are better equiped to defend Atlanta's best players that the other way around. The Hawks are going to hope that Mike Bibby can find that old "Bibby against the Lakers" self for this series andbe the guy that carries and poise them in the big moments as well as a great shooting series from Joe Johnson.
X Factor: (You can't have a series preview without a X Factor) Besides Bibby, how big can Josh Smith play? Can he be the guy that matches KG's intensity? Would he be a consistent scoring option? Maybe his numbers against KG would give us an idea: 15.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg a 3.0 bpg
Basketball Gods' prediction: BOS 4-0
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