Dejounte Murray had a really late-career Kobe type of night time — he appeared to shoot it each time he touched it, however when it mattered he knocked down the largest shot of the night time.
Murray completed with 44 factors on 18-of-44 taking pictures, 11 got here in time beyond regulation however none mattered as a lot as the ultimate two. To set the scene, Jaylen Brown had simply hit a troublesome mid-range jumper to place Boston up one, 122-121.
That left simply 6.2 seconds on the clock, and that was sufficient time for Murray to hit a well-contested 22-footer over Jrue Vacation for the win.
After the sport, Murray mentioned he did not wish to take that many photographs, however Kobe would have been proud.
De’Andre Hunter added 21 factors for Atlanta, whereas Clint Capela had 12 factors and 13 rebounds. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 31 factors whereas Derrick White scored 22 and hit 5-of-6 from 3, plus performed nice protection.
The result does not change something within the East standings. The Celtics are nonetheless locked in because the No. 1 seed and can end there. Atlanta remains to be the No. 10 seed however now could be inside one recreation of Chicago in ninth, though the Bulls have already got the tiebreak sewn up so it is actually a two-game deficit from the Hawks.
