The Hawks did not have enough scoring ability and perimeter defense to keep pace with a premier lineup in the Celtics, especially given a rough game from Trae Young.
This was always going to be a tough game for Atlanta to win and it showed tonight. Despite a strong first quarter, the Celtics eventually shot the Hawks out of the game and took a comfortable win, 123-93.
The Hawks had no answer for Tatum as he dropped 28 points, nine rebounds and five assists. They made the interesting decision to guard him with David Roddy for a significant portion of the game and Tatum absolutely dominated that matchup. It didn't help that Trae Young looked uncharacteristically off tonight. Even before exiting with a right rib sprain in the 3rd quarter after the game was practically over, the star guard only had two points and six assists across 23 minutes of action.
Atlanta was able to get some steam off of a Garrison Mathews block on Payton Pritchard. It was a good defensive play by the shooter and he followed it up with a beautiful fade-away jumper. Okongwu then joined the mix with an alley-oop dunk to give the Hawks a 41-38 lead and it began to look like Atlanta might be able to survive in this one. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was forced to call a timeout in order to re-organize his team.
Those two threes from White also effectively marked the end of the game. Atlanta brought Risacher, Young and Capela back in to see if Young could light a spark under the offense, but the combination of White and Holiday was too much to handle. Risacher forced a nice and-one on Derrick White early in the third to bring some life back into the offense, but it ultimately did not lead to an extended run for Atlanta.
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