Look For Close NBA Betting Match Between Nets and Hawks

With about a week to go in the NBA season, there are still a few questions that need to be answered. One of the biggest of those is in regards which team will snag the final couple of playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. While it looks as though the race is going to go right down to the wire, one team looks as though they are up for this NBA betting battle.

NBA Betting Analysis and Game Preview

Date: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 Time: 7:30PM Venue: Barclays Center Opening Line: TBA

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The Brooklyn Nets are one of the hottest teams in the East right now, going a solid 8-2 in their last 10 games. It’s not really fair to pin all of that success on a single player, but you cannot overlook the impact that Brook Lopez has made coming down the stretch. Lopez spent a lot of time on the bench before the arrival of coach Lionel Hollins, and he has repaid the trust of his coach by putting up some stellar numbers in recent weeks. The nets were able to make it all the way into the 7th seed in the East on the back of a 6-game winning streak, but their hot run was halted by the Atlanta Hawks, which is the team they will have to face again on Wednesday night. They did bounce back with a solid win over Portland on Monday, and will have the home court edge in the return match with Atlanta. There can be no denying the fantastic season that Atlanta has put together to this point, but you also can’t ignore the fact that they have not being playing their best basketball over the past few weeks. While the Hawks have remained very good on home court, they have floundered somewhat while taking to the road. They have in fact only won 1 of their last 5 road games, which is very much against the type of road play they were able to put together earlier in the season. No-one is hitting the panic button in Atlanta just yet, but how they perform over the final few games of the regular season may well have an impact on their state of mind once the postseason begins.

Key Betting Trends

Brooklyn is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Brooklyn’s last 6 games Brooklyn is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home Brooklyn is 7-12-2 ATS in its last 21 games at home Brooklyn is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home Atlanta is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games on the road Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Brooklyn Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Brooklyn

What Should You Bet On?

It would be easy to look at the 131-99 beating put on the Nets a few night ago and see this re-match as a foregone conclusion, but that would be to dismiss the dismal play of the Hawks on the road recently. Brooklyn has been playing well, and I look at that last game versus the Hawks as an aberration. I like them to win this one, although it should be close.