Boston at Atlanta

This game will have a playoffs-caliber atmosphere and implications written all over it. The winner will take the edge on the other. For Boston, a team built on championships and defense, it means the "A" game defense comes calling on Atlanta, and it is a good one. Boston has held eight of their last 14 opponents to under 85 points, and with this game being bigger than any of those, look for that to be in the building tonight. These teams have played ugly - another word for defensive in their last two meetings that saw the last one fall shy of this total despite overtime, and the previous meeting was even uglier with just 155 points scored. Boston is serving-up UNDERs at 7-1 over their last eight when facing an opponent that scored 100+ in their last game, and knows the recipe for this type of game. Play the UNDER.