The Eastern Conference finals tip off Wednesday night as the Hawks host the Cavaliers in Game 1 (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT). The Cavaliers went 1-3 SU and 2-2 ATS in their four regular-season games against the Hawks.
Atlanta is a 1-point favorite at many Vegas bet shops, with a total of about 198, Check The Linemakers on Sporting News' odds page for current Game 1 spreads and totals.
AccuScore has the Hawks as 56.6 percent favorites to win Game 1 outright. The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000-plus simulations is 98-96.
AccuScore best bet: There's a 53.4 percent chance the Hawks cover a -1 spread, a two-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend. In the past week, AccuScore has gone 5-2 in against-the-spread picks in the NBA (71.4 percent, +280 units).
The Cavaliers went 2-4 ATS in their six-game series vs. the Bulls.
OVER/UNDER trends: The OVER went 3-1 in the four regular-season meetings.
The total has gone UNDER in five of the Cavs' last six road games, as well as six of nine overall.
Projected Leaders
LeBron James: 29 points, 9 assists, 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 5 TOs
Paul Millsap: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 TOs
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