Game ID: 22400157
Boston Celtics @ Atlanta Hawks
Monday, November 4, 2024 at 7:45 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 30 23 22 18 93BOS 35 40 28 20 123
ATL vs BOS ScoutingATL vs BOS Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
ATL availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backOUT Bogdanović missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Nance Jr. missed 3 since 10/23, returns tonight: 23 min (120% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 3 min since (19% of 16)
BACK Gueye back 10/27 after 2, 3 min since (19% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 20 min since (153% of 13)
ATL availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Hunter missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 23 min since (120% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 3 min since (16% of 16)
BACK Gueye back 10/27 after 2, 3 min since (19% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 20 min since (152% of 13)
ATL availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Hunter missed 3 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 4 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 2 since 10/28, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 15 min since (78% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 7 min since (41% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 24 min since (184% of 13)
ATL availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restOUT Daniels missed 2 since 10/30, returns tonight: 25 min (73% of 34)
OUT Hunter missed 4 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 5 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 3 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 13 min since (65% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 12 min since (76% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 25 min since (192% of 13)
NEW Mathews 18 to 23 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/04 · back-to-backOUT Hunter missed 5 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 6 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 3 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 4 since 10/28, returns tonight: 8 min (52% of 16)
OUT Bufkin missed 3 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 25 min since (73% of 34)
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 16 min since (81% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 14 min since (88% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 25 min since (194% of 13)
NEW Mathews 18 to 24 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Hunter missed 6 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 7 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 4 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 4 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 24 min since (72% of 34)
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 16 min since (81% of 19)
BACK Gueye back 11/04 after 4, 8 min since (52% of 16)
NEW Mathews 18 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Roddy 13 to 27 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Hunter missed 7 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 8 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 5 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Nance Jr. missed 2 since 11/04, returns tonight: 12 min (65% of 19)
OUT Bufkin missed 5 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 28 min since (84% of 34)
BACK Gueye back 11/04 after 4, 8 min since (52% of 16)
NEW Risacher 25 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Mathews 18 to 24 min over the last 5
NEW Roddy 13 to 25 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/09 · back-to-backOUT Hunter missed 8 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 9 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 6 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 2 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 6 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Barlow missed 2 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 31 min since (92% of 34)
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/08 after 2, 12 min since (65% of 19)
NEW Mathews 18 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Roddy 13 to 22 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/12 · 2 days' restOUT Hunter missed 9 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 10 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 7 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 3 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 7 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Barlow missed 3 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 32 min since (95% of 34)
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/08 after 2, 13 min since (68% of 19)
NEW Risacher 25 to 30 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Hauser missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
BOS availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Hauser missed 3 since 10/24, returns tonight: 14 min (66% of 21)
BOS availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restBACK Hauser back 10/30 after 3, 14 min since (66% of 21)
BOS availability going into 11/02 · back-to-backOUT Scheierman missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Hauser back 10/30 after 3, 16 min since (75% of 21)
BOS availability going into 11/04 · 1 day's restOUT Scheierman missed 3 since 10/30, returns tonight: 8 min (72% of 12)
BACK Hauser back 10/30 after 3, 17 min since (81% of 21)
BOS availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Brown missed 2 since 11/02, out tonight
BACK Hauser back 10/30 after 3, 18 min since (84% of 21)
BACK Scheierman back 11/04 after 3, 8 min since (72% of 12)
BOS availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Brown missed 3 since 11/02, out tonight
BACK Hauser back 10/30 after 3, 18 min since (88% of 21)
BACK Scheierman back 11/04 after 3, 8 min since (72% of 12)
NEW Queta 13 to 21 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restOUT Brown missed 4 since 11/02, returns tonight: 37 min (108% of 35)
OUT Scheierman missed 2 since 11/06, out tonight
NEW Queta 13 to 24 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/12 · 1 day's restOUT Scheierman missed 3 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Brown back 11/10 after 4, 37 min since (108% of 35)
NEW Queta 13 to 23 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 123, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; Young at 24 and Johnson at 20 a game. Without Hunter (5 straight), Bogdanović (6 straight), Krejčí (3 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 115, shooting 44 percent and 36 from three, 29 free throws a game; Tatum at 30 and Brown at 26 a game. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 115 a night to Atlanta's 123 and the turnovers, Atlanta giving it away 16 times a game to Boston's 12. Call it Boston 122, Atlanta 116.
10/28 vs WAS 119-121 — ATL notes
ATL lost 119-121. ATL shot 48% (39 of 81) to WAS's 45%, 15 of 40 from three, and went to the line 36 times to WAS's 22 — 26 points from the stripe to their 18. Johnson led with 29 (11 of 17, 1 of 3 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Capela added 16, Nance Jr. 15. Q2 was theirs, 33-29, but the other 3 periods went 92-86 against them. They led by as many as 13. Roddy's -18 in 19 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/30 @ WAS 120-133 — ATL notes
ATL lost 120-133. ATL shot 47% (45 of 95) to WAS's 53%, 12 of 39 from three. Young led with 35 (12 of 28, 4 of 13 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Johnson added 21, Risacher 17. Q2 was theirs, 31-24, but the other 3 periods went 109-89 against them. They led by as many as 11. Young's -16 in 40 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 vs SAC 115-123 — ATL notes
ATL lost 115-123. ATL shot 45% (41 of 92) to SAC's 48%, 19 of 50 from three, and got to the line 18 times to SAC's 30. The glass went 40-51 against them. Young led with 25 (8 of 21, 3 of 9 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Mathews added 23, Capela 15. Q4 was theirs, 25-21, the deficit cut from 12 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 102-90 against them. Risacher's -25 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/03 @ NOP 126-111 — ATL notes
ATL won 126-111. ATL shot 57% (50 of 88) to NOP's 43%, 15 of 36 from three, and got to the line 12 times to NOP's 20. Johnson led with 29 (12 of 20, 0 of 4 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Young added 23, Daniels 16. The hinge was Q3, 35-26: ATL came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 8, and the lead reached 25. ATL trailed 58-59 at the half and won the second half 68-52. Johnson was the night's best plus/minus at +32.
11/04 vs BOS 93-123 — ATL notes
ATL lost 93-123. ATL shot 42% (37 of 89) to BOS's 48%, 6 of 31 from three. ATL turned it over 19 times to BOS's 12, and BOS turned those into 15 steals. Johnson led with 20 (7 of 20, 2 of 7 from three); Okongwu added 18, Risacher 15. Q4 was theirs, 18-20, but the other 3 periods went 103-75 against them. Johnson's -34 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/06 vs NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 122, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 23 and Young at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Hunter (6 straight), Bogdanović (7 straight), Krejčí (4 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 104, shooting 47 percent and 42 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Towns at 23 a game. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, New York allowing 104 a night to Atlanta's 122 and the arc, New York at 42 percent from three to Atlanta's 34. Call it New York 116, Atlanta 112, Atlanta keeping it close.
11/08 @ DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 105, shooting 48 percent and 32 from three, 17 free throws a game; Cunningham at 20 and Ivey at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 121, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 18 free throws a game; Young at 22 and Johnson at 21 a game. Without Hunter (7 straight), Bogdanović (8 straight), Krejčí (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Detroit wins, and the game turns on the defense, Detroit allowing 105 a night to Atlanta's 121 and the glass, where Detroit has been plus-8 a night and Atlanta minus-2. Call it Detroit 115, Atlanta 110.
11/09 vs CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 18 free throws a game; Young at 22 and Johnson at 21 a game. Without Hunter (8 straight), Bogdanović (9 straight), Krejčí (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 122, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 22 free throws a game; Vučević at 22 and White at 20 a game. That is 4 straight losses. Without LaVine (3 straight), Ball (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Atlanta wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Atlanta 119, Chicago 116, Chicago keeping it close.
11/12 @ BOS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 22 free throws a game; Tatum at 31 and Pritchard at 19 a game. One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 22 and Young at 19 a game. Without Hunter (9 straight), Bogdanović (10 straight), Krejčí (7 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 105 a night to Atlanta's 119. Call it Boston 120, Atlanta 110, Boston by 10.
10/28 vs MIL 119-108 — BOS notes
BOS won 119-108. BOS shot 49% (43 of 87) to MIL's 45%, 18 of 47 from three, and got to the line 19 times to MIL's 31. Brown led with 30 (10 of 19, 0 of 4 from three, 10 of 14 at the line); Pritchard added 28, Holiday 21. The hinge was Q3, 37-26: BOS came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 8, and the lead reached 18. BOS trailed 53-56 at the half and won the second half 66-52. Tatum was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
10/30 @ IND 132-135 — BOS notes
BOS lost 132-135 in 1 overtime. BOS shot 40% (44 of 109) to IND's 48%, 19 of 57 from three, and went to the line 31 times to IND's 24 — 25 points from the stripe to their 20. Tatum led with 37 (10 of 25, 5 of 18 from three, 12 of 15 at the line); Brown added 25, White 23. Q4 was theirs, 38-24, the deficit cut from 14 to 0, but the other 4 periods went 111-94 against them. Holiday's -19 in 25 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 @ CHA 124-109 — BOS notes
BOS won 124-109. BOS shot 48% (41 of 86) to CHA's 46%, 13 of 42 from three, and went to the line 35 times to CHA's 12 — 29 points from the stripe to their 6. Tatum led with 32 (9 of 19, 3 of 9 from three, 11 of 13 at the line); Brown added 25, White 17. The hinge was Q1, 40-25: from level to 15 ahead. White was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
11/02 @ CHA 113-103 — BOS notes
BOS won 113-103. BOS shot 44% (36 of 82) to CHA's 44%, 16 of 52 from three, and went to the line 28 times to CHA's 9 — 25 points from the stripe to their 6. The glass went 44-34 for them. Tatum led with 29 (7 of 15, 1 of 9 from three, 14 of 17 at the line); Pritchard added 22, Kornet 19. The hinge was Q1, 38-24: from level to 14 ahead, and the lead reached 21. Holiday was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
11/04 @ ATL 123-93 — BOS notes
BOS won 123-93. BOS shot 48% (48 of 99) to ATL's 42%, 18 of 55 from three. BOS turned it over 12 times to ATL's 19. Tatum led with 28 (10 of 21, 6 of 14 from three); White added 21, Pritchard 18. The hinge was Q2, 40-23: a lead of 5 became 22, and the lead reached 37. White was the night's best plus/minus at +31.
11/06 vs GSW — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 110, shooting 46 percent and 33 from three, 25 free throws a game; Tatum at 28 and Brown at 27 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Brown (2 straight). One day's rest. Golden State comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 108, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 26 free throws a game; Hield at 21 and Kuminga at 17 a game. That is 4 straight wins. Without Melton (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Golden State at 38 percent from three to Boston's 33. Call it Boston 116, Golden State 113, Golden State keeping it close.
11/08 vs BKN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 112, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 26 free throws a game; Tatum at 32 and White at 21 a game. Without Brown (3 straight). One day's rest. Brooklyn comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 114, shooting 50 percent and 35 from three, 23 free throws a game; Thomas at 21 and Schröder at 19 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Watford (4 straight). 3 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-1 a night and Brooklyn minus-6. Call it Boston 119, Brooklyn 112.
11/10 @ MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 114, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 20 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 32 and Lillard at 27 a game. Without Wright (2 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 105, shooting 45 percent and 31 from three, 23 free throws a game; Tatum at 31 and White at 19 a game. Without Brown (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 105 a night to Milwaukee's 114 and the arc, Milwaukee at 36 percent from three to Boston's 31. Call it Boston 115, Milwaukee 110.
11/12 vs ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 22 free throws a game; Tatum at 31 and Pritchard at 19 a game. One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 22 and Young at 19 a game. Without Hunter (9 straight), Bogdanović (10 straight), Krejčí (7 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 105 a night to Atlanta's 119. Call it Boston 120, Atlanta 110, Boston by 10.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLCC C. Capela
DB D. Barlow
DD D. Daniels
DR D. Roddy
GM G. Mathews
JJ J. Johnson
KW K. Wallace
MG M. Gueye
OO O. Okongwu
TY T. Young
ZR Z. Risacher
BOSAH A. Horford
BS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
JD J. Davison
JH J. Holiday
JS J. Springer
JT J. Tatum
JW J. Walsh
LK L. Kornet
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
XT X. Tillman
ATL/BOS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Jayson Tatum's big first half leads Celtics to 123-93 rout of Hawks
ATLANTA -- — Jayson Tatum scored 26 of his 28 points in the first half, and the Boston Celtics routed the Atlanta Hawks 123-93 on Monday night for their third straight win.
Tatum also had nine assists and six rebounds and did not play in the fourth quarter with the Celtics comfortably in front.
Hawks guard Trae Young left the game in the third quarter with a right rib strain. He was 1 for 10 from the floor and finished with two points and six assists in 23 minutes.
Derrick White had 21 points and six assists for Boston. Payton Pritchard scored 18 points off the bench.
The Celtics lost both games in Atlanta last season, blowing a 30-point lead in one game and losing the other in overtime.
The Celtics have won 16 straight when Jaylen Brown does not play. Brown has missed the last two games with a left hip flexor strain.
Takeaways Celtics: At 7-1, the Celtics are off to their best start since 2019-20, when they started 10-1. They wrapped up a four-game road trip at 3-1, with the loss coming in overtime at Indiana.
Hawks: Jalen Johnson continues to take a step forward after a slow start to the season with 20 points and 11 rebounds, giving him over 20 points in four of his last five games.
Key moment The Celtics went on a 19-4 run to close the second quarter, pushing a seven-point lead to 22. Tatum and White had seven points each during the run. The Hawks were never within 19 points in the second half.
Key stat The Celtics hit 18 3-pointers, including 15 in the first half, and outscored the Hawks 54-18 from behind the 3-point line. The Hawks entered the game allowing an NBA-worst 41.4% shooting from deep.
Up next The Celtics return home to face the Warriors on Wednesday, and the Hawks will host the Knicks on Wednesday.