8:10 pm
June 20

Hawks @ 76ers

Who will WIN this matchup?

Atlanta Hawks (41-31)

@ Philadelphia 76ers (49-23)

 

Current odds:

Atlanta Hawks: (+240)

Philadelphia 76ers: (-280)

 

• The line for this game is 76ers by 7 points.

• After a grueling 72-game marathon and nearly two rounds of the playoffs, it all comes down to a one-game sprint for the Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers. The fifth-seeded Hawks visit the top-seeded 76ers on Sunday night in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The winner will advance to the Eastern Conference finals. The loser will head into the offseason. The 76ers staved off elimination with a hard-fought 104-99 win in Atlanta on Friday night.

• Joel Embiid collected 22 points and 13 rebounds while continuing to play through a small lateral meniscus tear in his right knee. Embiid’s frustration, however, was evident after he felt he wasn’t receiving enough foul calls from the referees. Embiid and John Collins nearly ended up in a tussle behind the basket.

• The Sixers last reached the Eastern Conference finals in 2001, when they ousted the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games.

• The surprising Hawks dispatched the New York Knicks in five games in the opening round. The Hawks won twice in New York in that round and have done the same in Philadelphia in this series.

• The Hawks, who are already without De’Andre Hunter with a right knee injury, could also be without Bogdan Bogdanovic. Bogdanovic left in the fourth quarter with right knee soreness and was sidelined for the rest of the game. Coach Nate McMillan on Saturday said he was uncertain of Bogdanovic’s status for Game 7, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Hawks likely will need Bogdanovic and others to shoot well from beyond the 3-point arc if they wish to advance. On Friday, the Hawks made only 10 from beyond the arc and missed 11 of 24 free-throw attempts.

• The Hawks made a franchise playoff-record 20 3-pointers in the series opener. In a deciding Game 7, the Hawks simply need to do just enough to win.

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