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NBA Pick of the Day (5/20) - Cleveland Cavaliers @ Atlanta Hawks

The Eastern Conference Finals tip off Wednesday night as the Atlanta Hawks host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1. The Cavaliers went 1-3 SU and 2-2 ATS in their four regular season games against the Hawks.

AccuScore has the Hawks as 56.6 percent favorites to win Game 1. The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000-plus simulations is 98 - 96.

AccuScore Best Bet: There's a 53.4 percent chance the Hawks cover a -1 spread, a two-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend. In the past week, AccuScore has gone 5-2 when picking against the spread (71.4%, +280 units).

The Cavaliers are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games.


OVER/UNDER Trends: The OVER went 3-1 in those four regular season games.

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland's last 9 games

Projected Leaders
LeBron James: 29 points, 9 assists, 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 5 TOs
Paul Millsap: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 TOs

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NBA2 Season Futures

Eastern SEASON-TO-DATE FORECAST POSTSEASON
WIN LOSS WIN LOSS WIN DIV PLAYOFF
ATL
New York Knicks 0 0 1.7 -0.7 100% 100%
Boston Celtics 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Toronto Raptors 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Philadelphia 76ers 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Brooklyn Nets 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
CEN
Milwaukee Bucks 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
Indiana Pacers 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
Detroit Pistons 0 0 0.0 0.0 100% 100%
Cleveland Cavaliers 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Chicago Bulls 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
SE
Washington Wizards 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
Charlotte Hornets 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Miami Heat 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Atlanta Hawks 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Orlando Magic 0 0 0.0 0.0 100% 100%

Western SEASON-TO-DATE FORECAST POSTSEASON
WIN LOSS WIN LOSS WIN DIV PLAYOFF
NW
Denver Nuggets 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Utah Jazz 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
Oklahoma City Thunder 0 0 0.0 0.0 100% 100%
Minnesota Timberwolves 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Portland Trail Blazers 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
PAC
Golden State Warriors 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Sacramento Kings 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
Phoenix Suns 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
Los Angeles Lakers 0 0 0.0 0.0 100% 100%
Los Angeles Clippers 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
SW
New Orleans Pelicans 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
Dallas Mavericks 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
Memphis Grizzlies 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 0%
Houston Rockets 0 0 0.0 0.0 0% 100%
San Antonio Spurs 0 0 -0.7 1.7 100% 100%

Eastern, ATL

SEASON-TO-DATE    WIN     LOSS   |   FORECAST    WIN     LOSS   

Eastern, ATL

POSTSEASON    WIN DIV     PLAYOFF

Eastern, CEN

SEASON-TO-DATE    WIN     LOSS   |   FORECAST    WIN     LOSS   

Eastern, CEN

POSTSEASON    WIN DIV     PLAYOFF

Eastern, SE

SEASON-TO-DATE    WIN     LOSS   |   FORECAST    WIN     LOSS   

Eastern, SE

POSTSEASON    WIN DIV     PLAYOFF

Western, NW

SEASON-TO-DATE    WIN     LOSS   |   FORECAST    WIN     LOSS   

Western, NW

POSTSEASON    WIN DIV     PLAYOFF

Western, PAC

SEASON-TO-DATE    WIN     LOSS   |   FORECAST    WIN     LOSS   

Western, PAC

POSTSEASON    WIN DIV     PLAYOFF

Western, SW

SEASON-TO-DATE    WIN     LOSS   |   FORECAST    WIN     LOSS   

Western, SW

POSTSEASON    WIN DIV     PLAYOFF