Jayson Tatum's big first half leads Celtics to 123-93 rout of Hawks

Jayson Tatum scored 26 of his 28 points successful nan first half, and nan Boston Celtics routed nan Atlanta Hawks 123-93 connected Monday nighttime for their 3rd consecutive win

ATLANTA -- Jayson Tatum scored 26 of his 28 points successful nan first half, and nan Boston Celtics routed nan Atlanta Hawks 123-93 connected Monday nighttime for their 3rd consecutive win.

Tatum besides had 9 assists and six rebounds and did not play successful nan 4th fourth pinch nan Celtics comfortably successful front.

Hawks defender Trae Young near nan crippled successful nan 3rd 4th pinch a correct rib strain. He was 1 for 10 from nan level and vanished pinch 2 points and six assists successful 23 minutes.

Derrick White had 21 points and six assists for Boston. Payton Pritchard scored 18 points disconnected nan bench.

The Celtics mislaid some games successful Atlanta past season, blowing a 30-point lead successful 1 crippled and losing nan different successful overtime.

The Celtics person won 16 consecutive erstwhile Jaylen Brown does not play. Brown has missed nan past 2 games pinch a near hep flexor strain.

Celtics: At 7-1, nan Celtics are disconnected to their champion commencement since 2019-20, erstwhile they started 10-1. They wrapped up a four-game roadworthy travel astatine 3-1, pinch nan nonaccomplishment coming successful overtime astatine Indiana.

Hawks: Jalen Johnson continues to return a measurement guardant aft a slow commencement to nan play pinch 20 points and 11 rebounds, giving him complete 20 points successful 4 of his past 5 games.

The Celtics went connected a 19-4 tally to adjacent nan 2nd quarter, pushing a seven-point lead to 22. Tatum and White had 7 points each during nan run. The Hawks were ne'er wrong 19 points successful nan 2nd half.

The Celtics deed 18 3-pointers, including 15 successful nan first half, and outscored nan Hawks 54-18 from down nan 3-point line. The Hawks entered nan crippled allowing an NBA-worst 41.4% shooting from deep.

The Celtics return location to look nan Warriors connected Wednesday, and nan Hawks will big nan Knicks connected Wednesday.

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