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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 35 | 30 | 27 | 37 | 129 |
 Hawks | 25 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 121 |
BOSTeam statsATL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 46-8951.7% | 16-4040.0% | 21-2584.0% | 49 | 25 | 16 |
| ATL | 43-9843.9% | 14-3737.8% | 21-2487.5% | 42 | 25 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics129| 42 | 31 | 12-22 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 39 | 31 | 8-20 | 4-13 | 11-12 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 34 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 32 | 18 | 7-14 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.8 | |||||
| 29 | 19 | 8-14 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 5-6 | +1 | +7.3 | ||||||||
| 23 | 14 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.5 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.8 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 129 | 46-8951.7% | 16-4040.0% | 49 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 21-2584.0% | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||
Bench 30 points on 11 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Blake Griffin, Justin Champagnie and Luke Kornet (coach’s decision).
Atlanta Hawks121| 41 | 35 | 11-26 | 4-10 | 9-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12.5 | ||||||
| 40 | 27 | 11-17 | 3-6 | 2-2 | −11 | +7.5 | ||||||||
| 40 | 23 | 9-20 | 4-8 | 1-1 | −16 | +2.1 | ||||||||
| 30 | 10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 25 | 5 | 1-9 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.4 | |||
| 19 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −4.7 | |||
| 18 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −8 | −3.9 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +2.3 | ||||
| Team | 121 | 43-9843.9% | 14-3737.8% | 42 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 21-2487.5% | 11 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 21 points on 8 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Bruno Fernando, AJ Griffin, Aaron Holiday, Vít Krejčí, Tyrese Martin and Garrison Mathews (coach’s decision).
Celtics129Hawks121ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jayson Tatum scored 31 points (7 during a 12-0 run in the first quarter), and the Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 129-121 for a 3-1 lead in the first-round series.
The Celtics took control with a 24-8 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 14.
Jaylen Brown scored 31 points (18 in the paint), and Robert Williams III added 13 points and 15 rebounds off the bench. The Celtics had 2 30-point scorers. Brown and Robert Williams III set each other up for 5 baskets and 11 points, 4 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Hawks, Trae Young had 35 points and 15 assists, and De'Andre Hunter added 27 points on 11 for 17 shooting. Dejounte Murray had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Young scored 21 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter. The Hawks had 3 20-point scorers.
The Celtics shot 51.7% from the field and 40.0% from 3 to the Hawks’ 43.9% and 37.8%. The Hawks were outscored 23-13 in 5 minutes with Bogdanović, Murray, Hunter, Okongwu and Bey on the floor together. Bogdan Bogdanović fouled out.
Boston CelticsAtlanta HawksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
108 points from the field on 89 shots: 5.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 25-37 | 67.6% | 67% |
| In the paint | 3-5 | 60.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-7 | 28.6% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-6 | 83.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-34 | 32.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dejounte Murray | 42 | 10 | 4-7 | −6 |
| Saddiq Bey | 18 | 7 | 3-4 | 0 |
| De'Andre Hunter | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| John Collins | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 9 | 4-8 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 91 possessions. He usually scores about 35 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Andre Hunter | 47 | 18 | 6-11 | −2 |
| Saddiq Bey | 13 | 2 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Dejounte Murray | 8 | 8 | 2-4 | +5 |
| Clint Capela | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 0-4 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 86 possessions. He usually scores about 36 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trae Young | 32 | 2 | 1-1 | −4 |
| Clint Capela | 11 | 5 | 2-6 | +3 |
| Dejounte Murray | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| De'Andre Hunter | 3 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 7 | 3-3 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
ATL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
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ATL
Highest Leverage Moments
Tatum 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 10:40
13.1%
37→24
Williams III 1' Layup (13 PTS) (Brown 3 AST)
Q4 3:14
9.7%
21→11
White 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Tatum 2 AST)
Q1 5:33
9.6%
43→34
Brown 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Tatum 4 AST)
Q4 11:37
9.4%
34→24
Young 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 9:41
9.4%
24→34
