Celtics dominate to shut highway journey, beat Hawks 123-93

Boston concluded its four-game highway journey in Atlanta Monday night time. The Celtics swept the 2-game mini collection in Charlotte over the weekend and at present sit in second place within the Jap Convention at seven wins and a single loss. For the Hawks, they got here into the sport 3-4 off the again of a powerful highway win 126-111 in New Orleans, but it surely has been an injury-riddled, up-and-down begin to the season for Atlanta who at present lie seventh within the East.

The Hawks would come into the sport decimated by accidents with six gamers listed as injured or out. Boston was itself lacking Jaylen Brown as soon as extra with a left hip flexor pressure. In his place, Neemias Queta began for the Celtics. A Jrue Vacation alley-oop to Queta was the proper begin for the massive man who additionally displayed his post-game early to get his second bucket off a leap hook.

For the Hawks, they had been seeking to push early and get contained in the painted space as each groups saved issues locked in an entertaining begin to the sport. Jayson Tatum was good from deep to begin the competition as coach Quin Snyder was pressured to name his first timeout, following an Al Horford three-point block on Johnson adopted by a fast warmth examine three from Tatum.

The Hawks’ Aussie wing Dyson Daniels was getting downhill and onto his most well-liked proper hand relaxed and led the Hawks with 8 fast factors to begin the sport. Trae Younger who paces the younger Hawks crew with an 27 factors, 11.7 assists and 5 rebounds per recreation to begin this season completed the quarter with simply 2 factors.

Payton Pritchard was inserted for simply 42 seconds earlier than hitting his first two buckets and yielding one more ATL timeout. The Celtic’s bench of Kornet, Pritchard, Jordan Walsh and Sam Hauser all closed the quarter alongside Jayson Tatum who would end with 16 factors in 12 minutes, on the quarter shut, it will be 35-30 Boston up.

Atlanta continued to penetrate inside relaxed to begin the second quarter, with Jalen Johnson scoring on his first two paint touches. An Okungwu alley-oop dunk from a deft Johnson go noticed the bouncey Hawks take the lead with 8 minutes to go within the 2nd.

Boston to not be outdone, then went on it’s personal 10-0 run, importantly with Jayson Tatum on the bench. The run was fueled behind a Pritchard deep three, Hauser’s up-and-under reverse, a Jrue three-pointer after which a Jrue creep out lay-in. Jayson Tatum then returned into recreation on the 6:42 mark earlier than rocking Trae Younger to sleep with a powerful aspect step crossover dribble and a step-back three to his proper. Following a damaged play for the Hawks, Derrick White spied Tatum within the nook for his twenty second level and his sixth first half three.

The primary half closed 72-53, and Jayson Tatum was the story line with a spectacular 26 first half factors, Derrick White had 14 while Prichard and Jrue Vacation every chipped in 12 factors. For Atlanta, Trae Younger was ice chilly with simply 2 factors, on 1-9 taking pictures, the Hawks would rely closely on Jalen Johnson with 16 factors, Daniels and Okungwu each completed the half with 8 factors.

The third quarter noticed Boston rolling as veteran Al Horford bought in on the scoring act, firstly nailing a triple after which changing on a schoolyard reverse, on an up and underneath the basket layin. To not be outdone, the Boston bench was on it’s ft behind a Neemis Queta tip-jam after which a two-handed energy dunk as Boston creeped it’s lead out to a whopping 32 factors.

Boston continued to pile on factors and had tallied 100 factors with a minute to go within the third. The quarter would finish Boston in cost 103-75, good for an unassailable 28-point highway lead.

The Celtics keep prepared crew, would function closely within the closing quarter, as Joe Mazzulla regarded to shut the highway journey out with a whole crew effort. Boston’s bench crew would maintain the scoreboard ticking behind Jaden Springer, Walsh, JD Davison and rookie Baylor Scheierman to shut issues out in Atlanta.

Jayson Tatum lead the crew with 28 factors, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, Pritchard was additionally on prime of his recreation from the bench with 18 factors and 4 triples, Derrick White was constant all recreation with 21 factors and Jrue Vacation added 16 factors of his personal.

Boston subsequent sq. up in opposition to Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors in a grudge match, as Boston returns residence for a 7:30 tip off on Wednesday.