I'm on the Suns -9.5 @ home vs The Atlanta Hawks, for these reasons:

- Jalen Johnson is out for tonight's game and he's been carrying the load offensively for this injury riddled ATL team, scoring 18 or more in his last 3 starts. Last time he didn't play, the Hawks lost to the Blazers by 6.

- Atlanta have a trash defense and that will be a huge handicap vs a Suns team full of shooters (5th best in FG %, 9th best in 3pt %) and it counteracts the consistent gameplan of ATL which is to engage in a shootout.

- Suns make the 2nd most Freethrows and attempt the 4th most in the league. Devin Booker or Kevin Durant or Both could explode for 40 points tonight just off shooting 12-15 Freethrows apeice tonight.

- Hawks are 4-1 vs the Suns in the last 5 meetings..... with Trae Young in the lineup. That won't be the case, and we should finally see a reverse outcome in this duel.

Official Play : Suns -9.5

Side Bet: Over 226.5

Hail Mary: Bradley Beal over 17.5 points