Game Recap: Hawks 130, Celtics 122
Led by Trae Young’s 32 points, six rebounds, and nine assists, the No. 7 seed Hawks defeated the No. 2 seed Celtics in Game 3, 130-122. Dejounte Murray added 25 points, six rebounds, and five assists for the Hawks in the victory, while Jayson Tatum tallied 29 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists for the Celtics. The Celtics lead this best-of-seven series, 2-1, with Game 4 taking place on Sunday, April 23 (7:00 p.m. ET, TNT).
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00:00 Atlanta Hawks lost the first two games of their series against the Boston Celtics up
00:06 in Boston tonight.
00:08 Trey Young and company trying to get one back at home.
00:12 We start off though with the Celtics, Malcolm Brogdon and Atlanta native pulls up and knocks
00:17 down the three pointer.
00:19 Then Marcus smart to Jason Tatum for the three pointer.
00:23 Later Grant Williams gets it to Marcus smart and he's got another three pointer and Boston
00:29 looking good.
00:30 They were nine of 16 from three in the opening quarter.
00:33 They're up by nine at that point.
00:35 Bogdan Bogdanovich pulls up and knocks down a jumper.
00:38 He had 15 points in the game.
00:39 Then DeJounte Murray gets going on pulling up for the jumper.
00:42 Look at the Hawks.
00:43 They're up by seven at this point.
00:45 Then Trey Young drives to the rim and floats this one in and at the half the Hawks let
00:52 it by seven, 74-67.
00:54 Third quarter now, Trey Young crossover and hits the jumper and Atlanta cooking.
01:00 Now they're up 84-79.
01:02 DeJounte Murray drives to the rim for the layup.
01:06 The lead up to eight at this point.
01:09 Boston answers though.
01:10 Grant Williams hits a three pointer here and Atlanta, their lead down to seven.
01:18 Then another Atlanta native on Boston, Jalen Brown drives to the rim for the layup.
01:24 Brown had 15 points in the game and Atlanta's lead is down to one.
01:29 The subs get involved.
01:30 Onyeka Kangu over to Sadiq Bey for the three.
01:33 He had 15 points in the game.
01:35 Then it's Trey Young's turn.
01:36 He's got the lefty runner.
01:38 About halfway through the fourth quarter, Atlanta's lead back up to a working margin of seven.
01:44 Jason Tatum responds.
01:46 Just driving to the cup for the stuff.
01:49 Look at him explode to the rim and throw that one in.
01:52 Then Tatum, floater off glass plus the foul.
01:56 He'd make the free throw.
01:57 He had 29 points and 10 rebounds in the game.
02:00 Atlanta's lead down to two with over three minutes to go.
02:03 Trey Young, a little shake and bank on Al Horford and hits the tough three.
02:09 And then DeJounte Murray hits a corner three and points at Derek White who's on the floor.
02:14 Murray 25 points, six rebounds, five assists in the game.
02:17 Atlanta by six.
02:18 And then Young with the floater.
02:20 He hit 32 points, nine assists, six rebounds.
02:23 And Atlanta gets a home win.
02:25 The series now two games to one in favor of Boston.
02:27 The final score in this one, 130 to 122.
02:30 (whooshing)
02:32 (whooshing)