Brown notches 29, Celtics routine win against Hawks 112-99

Jaylen Brown finished with 29 points and 12 rebounds to help Boston Celtics to beat the Atlanta Hawks 112-99 in Game 1 of the East 1^st round rivalry at TD Garden in Boston, MA.

GAME WON ✅#UnfinishedBusiness pic.twitter.com/wVuohIqwNH

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 15, 2023

Jayson Tatum notched 25 points, 21 of them in the 1^st half. Derrick White also scored 25 and grabbed 11 rebounds as Celtics will face the Hawks again in Game 2 on Tuesday.

The 2^nd seed in the Eastern Conference led by 32 points at one time after the visiting team failed to score their first 10 tries from the 3-point line and scored only 5 from 29 shots beyond the arc in the match.

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Dejounte Murray scored 24 points, grabbed 8 rebounds, and gave 6 assists for the Hawks. However, the big star of the franchise, Trae Young, finished with only 16 points.