The Atlanta Hawks were unable to follow their impressive Toronto win with a victory in Boston, falling short to the Celtics 107-98 at TD Garden on Tuesday night.
Trae Young led the Hawks (without John Collins) with 31 points — despite sustaining an ankle injury in the first half — Bogdan Bogdanovic added 25 points off of the bench.
For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum poured out 33 points and, in the absence of Jaylen Brown after just three minutes, Grant Williams and Derrick White added 18 points.
With Brown going down very early in this game, the Hawks received a fortunate break in terms of the game, and pushed to build a double-digit lead in the first quarter as the second unit did a fantastic job at the end of the first quarter and again in the second quarter to build a strong lead before Young returned to the game.