NBA Playoffs: First Round Prediction Celtics/Hawks

The Boston Celtics, playing in front of greats from the 1966, 1976 and 1986 title teams roared back from a horrible first half to defeat the miami Heat in the regular season finale.

However, the Celtics got no help elsewhere and are the NBA Eastern Conference 6 seed and must face the 3 seed Atlanta Hawks.

The Hawks are roughly 8 and a half to 5 series favorites.

The Celtics will win the series in 7 games.