Celtics And Hawks Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups

The Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
Celtics And Hawks Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
Celtics And Hawks Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups /

On Sunday evening, the Atlanta Hawks are hosting the Boston Celtics at State Farm Arena in Georgia for Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.    

For the game, both teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups. 

The Celtics have ruled out Danilo Gallinari, while Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown are both available.    

Meanwhile, the Hawks have no one on their injury report, so they are fully healthy for Game 4. 

NBA's official injury report 

The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA. 

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Celtics will start Smart, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford on Sunday."

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Hawks will start Young, Murray, Hunter, Collins, Capela on Sunday." 

The game will be pivotal for both teams because the Celtics have a 2-1 lead in the series. 

Therefore, the Hawks could tie up the series at 2-2, while the Celtics have a chance to take a 3-1 lead back to Boston for Game 5 on Tuesday night. 

The Celtics won the first two games of the series by double-digits at home, but the Hawks responded with a 130-122 win at State Farm Arena on Tuesday night. 

Last year, the Celtics made the NBA Finals, and this season they finished as the second seed with a 57-25 record. 

As for the Hawks, they went 41-41 but beat the Miami Heat in the play-in tournament, so they are the seventh seed. 

The winner of the series will advance to the second round and face off with the Philadelphia 76ers (who swept the Brooklyn Nets in the first round).  

More on the Boston Celtics can be read here

More on the Atlanta Hawks can be read here 


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Ben Stinar
BEN STINAR

Ben Stinar is the NBA reporter for Fastbreak on FanNation.