National Basketball Association
Atlanta 119, Boston 117
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials:
#61 Courtney Kirkland, #58 Josh Tiven, #23 Tre Maddox
Attendance:
19156
By Field Level Media
Trae Young's 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left capped a 38-point performance as the Atlanta Hawks stayed alive by rallying to beat the host Boston Celtics 119-117 on Tuesday in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.
Young scored the final 14 points for Atlanta, which was playing without the league-suspended Dejounte Murray after he made contact with an official at the end of the previous game.
Boston now has a 3-2 lead in the series. Game 6 will be played Thursday in Atlanta.
Young added 13 assists and a pair of steals. John Collins contributed 22 points and Bogdan Bogdanovic had 18 to support Young.
Boston's Jaylen Brown (35 points) posted his second straight 30-plus-point game.
Jayson Tatum had 19 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Derrick White added 18 points for the Celtics.
A 30-17 run over the last nine minutes of the first half and a rapid 7-0 run early in the fourth quarter seemingly put the Celtics in control, up 102-89 with nine minutes left. However, Boston was unable to close out the game, even after a Brown trey made it 109-96 with 6:10 left.
The game featured 12 lead changes, including five in the final quarter alone, and 11 ties.
Young hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cap a 12-0 Hawks run, tying the game at 111-111 with 2:42 left.
A Robert Williams III putback following an Al Horford 3-point miss swung the score back the Celtics' way, but Young followed hitting a technical-foul free throw and two regular free throws to give the Hawks their first lead since 41-40.
Williams slammed in a dunk after a jump ball to put the Celtics back up with 115-114 with 25.1 seconds left.
Young and White traded pairs of free throws to make the score 117-116 Boston with 7.3 seconds left before Young's game-winning shot.
Tatum missed an attempted winning 3-pointer at the buzzer.
The Hawks led 30-27 after shooting 6-for-11 from 3-point range in the first.
Treys from Bogdanovic and Saddiq Bey helped Atlanta take a 39-34 lead early in the second.
Back-to-back Brown baskets tied the game at 41, and a 7-0 run fueled by Malcolm Brogdon and White made it 54-46 Boston with 4:57 left until halftime.
Young hit three of Atlanta's last four field goals in the first half to keep the Hawks within 66-58 entering the break.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Atlanta |
|
Boston |
Trae Young 38 |
Scoring |
Jaylen Brown 35 |
Trae Young 13 |
Assists |
Jayson Tatum 8 |
Clint Capela 7 |
Rebounds |
Jayson Tatum 8 |
Trae Young 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jayson Tatum 2 |
Trae Young 2 |
Steals |
Al Horford 1 |
Bogdan Bogdanovic 2 |
Blocks |
Al Horford 5 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Atlanta
|
119 |
46.9 |
19-41 |
10-10 |
26 |
34 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
Boston
|
117 |
53.3 |
12-38 |
7-13 |
31 |
43 |
9 |
1 |
9 |
Upcoming Games
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Boston will play their next game on the road against Atlanta. The Celtics have a W/L % of .714 after a win and .654 after a loss.
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Atlanta will play their next game at home against Boston. The Hawks have a W/L % of .390 after a win and .610 after a loss.