CELTICS AT HAWKS
April 6, 2017, 8 p.m., Philips Arena
Starters
Hawks (39-38)
Dennis Schroder
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Taurean Prince
Ersan Ilyasova
Dwight Howard
Injury report: Out - Thabo Sefolosha (right groin strain); Probable - Malcolm Delaney (back spasms), Paul Millsap (left knee synovitis), Kent Bazemore (right knee bone bruise), Tim Hardaway Jr. (right knee contusion)
Inactives: Thabo Sefolosha, Kris Humphries
Celtics (50-28)
Isaiah Thomas
Avery Bradley
Jae Crowder
Amir Johnson
Al Horford
Injury report: None
Inactives: Demetrius Jackson, Tyler Zeller
Officials: James Capers, Matt Boland, Kane Fitzgerald
From the Hawks
The Hawks are coming off a 91-82 road loss to the Nets on Sunday, their second straight loss. … They have lost nine of the past 11 games. ... The Hawks and Celtics and split the season series, 1-1. A win would give the Hawks the season series for the third straight year. … Dwight Howard’s streak of consecutive double-digit rebound games is at 19. … Dennis Schroder is averaging 23.0 points and 7.2 assists in the past six games. …
From the Celtics
The Celtics are coming off a 114-91 home loss to the Cavaliers Wednesday to snap a two-game win streak. … It was their third 20-point loss of the season. ... Isaiah Thomas remains the NBA’s leader in fourth-quarter scoring at 9.9 points per game and a total of 659. … Former long-time Hawks player Al Horford was named the winner of the Red Auerbach Award on Wednesday as the player or coach who best exemplifies the spirit of what it means to be a Celtic on and off the court.
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