Hawks snapped 4-match losing streak as Trae Young knocks 40 against Celtics


Hawks snapped 4-match losing streak as Trae Young knocks 40 against Celtics

Trae Young

Trae Young

Just when the Atlanta Hawks were on one of their worst runs of the seasons, their marquee player Trae Young turned up big to help the team get past Boston Celtics by scoring game-high 40 points. Clint Capela, too was impressive with his 24 points and 13 rebounds against the Celtics as the Hawks beat them for the first time since April 2018. John Collins added 20 for the Hawks. 

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Trae Young ended the first half with 15 points and four assists, pacing an offense that shot 60% (24 of 40) from the field and scored 40 points in the paint to take a 62-56 lead into halftime. Talking about the Celtics, With Kemba Walker not playing in back-to-back games right now following a preseason procedure on his left knee, Javonte Green took his place in the starting lineup. Jayson Tatum had 35 points for Celtics, who have lost five out of seven. Jaylen Brown added 22 points. 

Trae Young leads Hawks past Celtics 122-114 to win 6th away game of the season 

“I just think I kind of found a rhythm throughout the whole game and just playing aggressive,” Trae Young said as per ESPN. “When you have that aggressive mentality, open shots — you just kind of find them on your own.” 

The Hawks, who shot a season-high 57% from the field, took a 90-81 lead into the fourth quarter. Boston rallied to cut it to 94-91, but Atlanta responded with an 8-2 run get it back up to 102-93 with 6:33 left. 

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Boston made one final push, getting within 118-113 with 13 seconds left after Jayson Tatum was fouled on a 3-point attempt and made all three free throws. But Collins connected on four free throws the rest of the way to close it out. 

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