ATLANTA vs PHOENIX
When: 3/30/2021 10:00 PM
Where: Phoenix Suns Arena, Phoenix, AZ

TV: 10:00 PM
LINE: -220
PREDICTION: Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns

Oddsmakers currently have Phoenix listed as 5.5 point favorites versus Atlanta while the game’s total is sitting at 222.5.

The Phoenix Suns return from a successful road trip to open a three-game homestand that begins Tuesday against the Atlanta Hawks.

Phoenix went 3-1 on the trip, which concluded Sunday with a 101-97 overtime win over the Charlotte Hornets. The Hawks are 2-3 on their current eight-game road trip after Sunday’s 126-102 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

This will be the first meeting between the two clubs this season, with a return match scheduled for May 5 in Atlanta. They split two games during the 2019-20 season, each winning on their home court.

Phoenix forward Devin Booker scored 35 points against Charlotte, including four 3-pointers that lifted him to No. 3 in franchise history. He has 753 treys, passing Leandro Barbosa (751) and trailing only Steve Nash (1,051) and Dan Majerle (800). Booker leads the team in scoring at 25.1 points.

Booker has a unique connection to one of the Hawks. His father, Melvin Booker, played for Italy’s Olimpia Milano in 2007-08 and was teammates with Atlanta’s Danilo Gallinari. The young Booker, then 12, sometimes played one-on-one against Gallinari.

Deandre Ayton has been hot over the past five games, during which he’s averaged 19.4 points – his season average is 14.8 – with 11.2 rebounds. His streak of making at least two-thirds of his field-goal attempts ended at four games Sunday when made 6 of 11 shots from the floor.

Mikal Bridges had the key defensive stop against the Hornets with 20.4 seconds left in overtime when he successfully contested Devonte’ Graham’s 3-pointer to protect a two-point Phoenix lead.

“A lot of my game is to play defense,” Bridges said. “I just went out and got a stop.”

Suns coach Monty Williams said, “Defensively, his contests are some of the best in the league at his position after a screen. He has a knack for making plays.”

The Hawks were out of sorts against the Nuggets, who were revitalized by the acquisition of three new players at the trade deadline. Atlanta lost its composure a few times early when the team failed to get the benefit of a call.

“Early in the game we got distracted by that and we didn’t make adjustments appropriately and they pretty much controlled the game from start to finish,” Atlanta coach Nate McMillan said.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game,” Atlanta’s Trae Young said. “It’s disappointing losing the way we did.”

The team was thin again Sunday with the absence of De’Andre Hunter, who missed his second straight game with right knee soreness. The team is taking a cautious approach with Hunter since he returned from missing 23 games following surgery on his right knee. He returned to play in two games on the current road trip, but swelling in the knee prompted McMillan to rest him; his availability for Tuesday is uncertain.

“We’re trying to get that (soreness) removed before he gets on the floor again,” McMillan said Sunday. “He hasn’t done anything for the last three days.”

The Hawks will be a bit deeper on Tuesday when veteran guard Lou Williams joins the team. He was acquired at the trade deadline from the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Rajon Rondo. Williams, who averaged 12.1 points in 42 games for the Clippers this season, grew up in the Atlanta area and played for the Hawks from 2012 to 2014.

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Memphis At Golden State
When: 10:30 PM ET, Monday, April 13, 2015
Where: Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, NBATV, SportSouth (Memphis), CSN Bay Area (Golden State)
PREDICTION: Warriors 101, Grizzlies 92
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Oddsmakers currently have the Warriors listed as 9½-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game’s total is sitting at 197.

Stephen Curry was 8-of-12 from beyond the arc in that win over the Grizzlies and continues to set records with his 3-point shooting. Curry smashed his own record for 3-pointers in a season with an 8-of-13 performance on Thursday and followed it up with five more 3-pointers in a win over the Timberwolves on Saturday as Golden State plays out the string in the regular season. “I just think they’re ready for the playoffs,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters of his players. “They want it, and I’m very confident that when that happens, our edge will be back. We’ll have our appropriate fear and we’ll be sharp.”

The Warriors were a 110-101 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Timberwolves. They failed to cover the -20-point spread as favorites, while the total score (211) made winners of UNDER bettors.

Team record: 65-15 SU,47-32-1 ATS
Golden State is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games
Golden State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Golden State is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Golden State’s last 9 games

Memphis is battling the Clippers, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets for that No. 2 spot and is staying in the race on the defensive end. The Grizzlies have allowed an average of 87.2 points in the last six games while posting a 4-2 record in that span. The defensive turnaround comes after a three-game losing streak toward the end of March that included a 107-84 home loss to Golden State on Mar. 27 in which the Warriors went 16-of-31 from 3-point range.

Memphis lost its last outing, a 94-86 result against the Clippers on April 11. The Grizzlies covered in that game as a +9.5-point underdog, while the 180 combined points took the game UNDER the total.

Team record: 54-26 SU,38-40-2 ATS
Memphis is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Memphis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Memphis’s last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis’s last 7 games on the road

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When: 3:30 PM ET, Sunday, November 9, 2014
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
TV: 3:30 p.m. ET, FSN Florida (Orlando), YES (Brooklyn)
PREDICTION: Magic 105, Nets 100
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Oddsmakers currently have the Nets listed as 9½-point favorites versus the Magic, while the game’s total is sitting at 200.

Williams, who struggled with injuries most of the 2013-14 season, poured in 29 points and dished out six assists in the 110-99 victory over the rival New York Knicks on Friday. Healthier seasons for Williams and center Brook Lopez (16 points) will open up more room for Johnson to operate, and he is prospering so far while averaging 21.2 points. Veteran forward Kevin Garnett has been limited to a little more than 23 minutes per game, averaging eight points and 8.4 rebounds.

Team record: 3-2 SU,3-2 ATS
Brooklyn is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Brooklyn’s last 8 games
Brooklyn is 17-8 ATS in its last 25 games at home
Brooklyn is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games at home

The Nets were a 110-99 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Knicks. They covered the -6-point spread as favorites, while the total score (209) made winners of OVER bettors.

Gordon made 6-of-9 from the field, including two 3-pointers, to score a season-best 17 and coach Jacque Vaughn told reporters “his energy was contagious.” Payton, a point guard who turned the ball over six times in his second game, had just one in 39 minutes against Minnesota and is averaging 6.5 assists. Harris has produced 18.7 points and 11 rebounds over the last three contests and 7-0 center Nikola Vucevic is among the league leaders with four double-doubles.

In their last action, Orlando was a 112-103 winner at home against the Timberwolves. They covered the +4-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (215) was profitable news for OVER bettors.

Team record: 2-4 SU,2-4 ATS
Orlando is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games
Orlando is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games
Orlando is 5-18-2 ATS in its last 25 games on the road
Orlando is 1-12 SU in its last 13 games on the road

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