The Atlanta Hawks made it look like their first-round series against the Boston Celtics in the 2023 NBA playoffs would be a short one in the first half of Game 1. The Celtics built a lead as large as 32 points in the storied franchise’s 112-99 home victory on Saturday night.
In the second half, the Hawks nearly made a game of things by walking the lead down to 12 points. Not quite striking distance, but something Atlanta guard Dejounte Murray believed his team could build that.
“Obviously, that’s a talented team,” apprised Murray of the Celtics via Heavy’s Adam Taylor.
“They shot the ball well; that’s what they do. They shoot the ball really well,” he added.
Jaylen Brown and Derrick White lauded the “big emotional plays” Al Horford provides the Boston Celtics after a Game 1 victory. https://t.co/PzLW42Oz8Z
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) April 16, 2023
“Tonight, we didn’t shoot the ball the way we want to, but at the end of the day, I think you turn you turn a negative into a positive, and the positive is how we finished that game competing from the third and fourth quarter.”
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