BOSTON CELTICS ?5 (Friday) - Boston has been one of the hotter clubs in the East, winning 7 of their last 9 games, with one of those losses coming to the undefeated Mavericks. They are coming off of arguably their most complete game of the season, a 96-79 dismantling of defending Eastern champion New Jersey. The Celtic?s last 3 home victories have been by 17, 10, and 17 points respectively, and I see no reason why they can?t keep on rolling vs. what I feel has been an overachieving Atlanta club. The Hawks are a surprising 6-5 on the year, but they are just 2-4 on the road, with the 2 wins being vs. the hapless Nuggets and the Shaq-less Lakers. The 4 road loss have been by an average of 9.3 points, and I think that they will come up short again vs. this quality opponent.
