NBA Update: Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks in a 102-90 match-up
Arena stats
The game took place at the ever famous TD Garden, Boston, MA where there was an unusually high 18624 number of attendance recorded. The game lasted for a duration of 2 hours and 18 minutes, as the Celtics accomplished their marvellous victory against the
Hawks.
Scoring
The lead changed nine times whereas the game was tied five times.
Box score
Players' stats
Boston Celtics (21-4)
Ray Allen and Glen Davis contributed 18 points apiece, Kevin Garnett scored 17 and Paul Pierce could only pierce out 15 points for his team.
The team grabbed six rebounds.
Atlanta Hawks (16-11)
Marvin Williams scored 26 points, Jeff Teague added 18 and Zaza Pachulia dished out 10 points for the Hawks.
The team grabbed five rebounds.
Highlights
Play by play
1st Quarter
The ball was jumped between Semih Erden and Josh Smith and Williams gained possession of the ball for the Hawks.
Williams initiated the game with a jump shot and right after him Jarron Collins committed a defence foul for the Celtics. Allen scored a point with the given free throw and Nate Robinson missed a fade away jump shot.
Williams had layup shot for the Hawks and Pierce made one for the Celtics as Allen gave him an assist.
Boston was leading by the end of 1st quarter 22-20.
2nd Quarter
Marquis Daniels missed a jump shot for the Celtics and Maurice Evans missed a layup shot for the Hawks. Jeff Teague grabbed two rebounds for the Hawks, one at the beginning and one at 11:11 on the clock.
Davis made a driving layup shot for the Celtics who went to score 28 after that.
Dominique Wilkins committed a shooting foul for the Hawks and Davis scored two points for the Celtics with the free throws given.
Celtics were leading the game by the end of 2nd quarter 44-43.
3rd Quarter
Al Horford committed a personal foul for the Hawks at the beginning and Allen made two jump shots as Pierce gave him assists in both.
Horford made a jump shot that scored the Hawks 47 points one less than the Celtics. Allen with another of his jump shots took the lead ahead for the Celtics 50-47.
The Celtics were leading Hawks the by end of 3rd quarter 75-69.
4th Quarter
Erden made a layup shot as Davis gave him an assist. Davis gave a bad pass (turnover) as Pachulia stole the ball for the Hawks.
Allen missed a three point shot and Pachulia grabbed a rebound for the Hawks.
Robinson missed a three point shot for the Celtics at 4:14 on the clock, scores were 91-82, Celtics leading.
By the end of 4th quarter, the Celtics had added enough points to their box score to take the lead 102-90.
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