On April 16, Beijing time, the first round of the playoffs began in G1, and the Boston Celtics hosted the Atlanta Hawks. In this game, the Celtics crushed in the first half, the Hawks felt cold, the team shot 1 of 16 from three-pointers, and the Celtics led the Hawks by 30 points in the first half. In the second half, the Hawks played an offensive climax, but the digging was too big and eventually lost to the Celtics 99-112. In the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics led the Hawks 1-0.
Technical statistics
Hawks: Trae Young 16 points, Murray 24, Collins 12, Capela 12, Hunt 11
Celtics: Brown 29 points and 12 rebounds, Tatum 25 points and 11 rebounds, White 24 points, Smart 11 points, Horford 6 points and 9 rebounds, Williams III 12 points
The star of the field
The star of the game went to Brown, who shot 12-of-23 from the field, cut 29 points and 12 rebounds, and although he made six turnovers, he led the Celtics by 30 points in the first half and established their advantage.
Highlight moments
Williams III guarded the inside and sent a big hat to take the ball into his arms
Brown was haunted, ran for a steal, and scored a layup
Brown's folding lever under the basket was a stunning spectacle
Trae Yang tosses the pie and Capela catches the basket
This review
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Celtics started with a 6-6 tie with their opponents and then began to exert their strength. Then, the Celtics played a wave of 13-6 mini-climax, Lowe Air hit the dunk, and then staged a block. On both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the Celtics let the Hawks delay finding the feeling of offense, instead, the Celtics combined inside and out, and as Lowe cut for a layup, the Celtics eventually led the Hawks 29-19.
In the second quarter, although the Hawks showed signs of chasing points at the beginning, the Celtics took another double-digit lead with Lowe's open cut layup. With Smart, Tatum and White hitting back-to-back three-point shots, the Celtics took a nearly 30-point lead. The Celtics played a 30-13 climax, which also made the Hawks overwhelmed. With White drifting on a shot, Lowe hit a dunk and Tatum hit a three-pointer, and in the final minute, the Hawks missed a single point as the Celtics led their opponents by 30 points at 74-44.
Although the Hawks started with an 18-13 run, the team was still unable to close the gap with the Celtics. Especially after the Hawks' climax, the Celtics were still able to use the inside and outside advantage to maintain a 20+ point difference. However, then the Celtics and Hawks hit the iron, and the Hawks seized the opportunity of the Celtics' frequent misses to play 31-20 in a single quarter to recover some points, but still lagged far behind the Celtics.
In the final quarter, the Hawks started with an 8-2 climax, instantly narrowing the gap to less than 20 points, and the Celtics immediately called a timeout. After a timeout, the Celtics went on inside and outside before playing an 11-2 run to extend the gap to 20 points again. With only five minutes left before the end of the game, the Hawks didn't give up and quickly played a 6-0 mini-climax to close the gap to 14 points. It's a pity that the gap was too big before, and I finally lost.
Both sides start
Eagles: Trae Young, Murray, Collins, Hunter, Capela
Celtics: White, Brown, Tatum, Smart, Horford