Starting Lineups: Atlanta Hawks vs Indiana Pacers
The Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers are meeting in the final regular season game of the year and they both just revealed their starting lineups.
Atlanta will start Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, Bogdan Bogdanovic, De'Andre Hunter, and Bruno Fernando.
Indiana will start Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Pascal Siakam, and Myles Turner.
For the second straight game, the Atlanta Hawks are coming in as big underdogs and the biggest reason is that it is an unknown how long the Hawks are going to play their main players today. Atlanta is locked into the No. 10 spot in the play-in tournament while Indiana is trying to avoid the play-in today.
Indiana and Atlanta are two of the best offenses in the NBA, led by star point guards. Trae Young and Tyrese Haliburton are two of the league's best passers and have had big games against each other when their two teams have played. Young has looked good in the two games since coming back from injury, but I don't expect him to play much today. Atlanta will need him to play big minutes in their next game.
Dejounte Murray was having another good game against Minnesota before not playing the final quarter. Murray has had to play a lot of minutes with Young out and he would benefit from getting some rest today.
De'Andre Hunter is one of the Hawks's most important players on both ends of the court and he played really well on Friday vs Minnesota. Hunter has had issues with injuries this year and I don't think he will play a lot today.
Bogdan Bogdanovic was a starter the other night instead of Vit Krejci and like Murray, he had to play a lot of minutes while Young was out. He is another player that would benefit from rest today.
Viewing and Betting Information
Tip-off time: 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Where to Watch: NBA League Pass, Bally Sports Southeast,
Spread and Over/Under: The Hawks will be big underdogs on the road today, as they are currently 13.5 point underdogs according to the latest odds from the SI Sportsbook and the over/under is set at 239.5.
