Nba results, Boston wins over Atlanta, Gallinari holder by 5 points

All early NBA Sunday to leave space (and spotlight) for the Super Bowl.

Boston Celtics–Atlanta Hawks 105-95
Demonstration of strength. Boston (won 33-lost 25 to date) plays an exceptional recovery, inspired by Jayson Tatum‘s All Star talent, and crushes Atlanta (26-30) to take the 8th win in a row. The Celtics stammered in the first half, but when Tatum brought out the talent and brought his teammates with him, Udoka’s team clearly showed why in the last month he changed gears: defense, team play, Marcus Smart‘s leadership (10 11 wins for the Celtics since returning from injury) and the talent of Tatum and Jaylen Brown (17 points with 6/16 shooting) to hold on to. From Thursday there is also Derrick White, who in the second game against Boston seems already perfectly integrated in the system (14 points and 5 assists). “We played faster in the second half, we defended better – explains Tatum -. We are healthy now, we have been playing well lately, but we have not done anything yet ”. Atlanta, on the other hand, has yet to find its own system: it is in its fourth defeat in the last five games, in a season that is increasingly below expectations. Trae Young’s talent (30 points and 10 assists), who lost in the second half after lighting up the first half, was not enough, nor was Bogdan Bogdanovic’s best game of the season (26 points), finally at ease starting from the bench. In the quintet, instead of the injured John Collins (he will return after the All Star Game), Danilo Gallinari left: the last blue left in the NBA struggled to find his place on the field, closing with 5 points and a complicated 2/8 to the shot. Atlanta’s defensive flop in the second half coincided with DeAndre Hunter’s return to the bench, three fouls in 2 ‘of the 3rd quarter after keeping Tatum at bay for the entire first half. Defense remains the main problem for McMillan’s team.

the match

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Young is inspired (13 points in the first quarter) and with the help of Bogdanovic (12 in the second) brings the Hawks to rest ahead 55-45 after being also at +15. Boston unlocks his up until then disappointing attack (37.8% in the first half) in the third quarter, when Tatum (16 points in the period) climbs to the All Star level, dragging Brown (11) and his teammates behind: the Celtics double the Hawks (42 -21) and start the last set from 87-78, with White signing +11 with the first basket of the final 12 ‘. Atlanta tries to raise his head, but Bogdanovic is too lonely and Tatum too inspired: the All Star of the Celtics from three puts the 94-84 at 6’31 “from the end, Atlanta tries to get up but has to raise the white flag.
Boston: Tatum 38 (9/17 from two, 4/10 from three, 8/9 free throws), Brown 17, White 14. Rebounds: Williams 14. Assists: Smart 7.
Atlanta: GALLINARI 5 (1/5, 1/3) in 23’. Young 30 (5/14, 4/12, 8/8 tl), Bogdanovic 26, Hunter 10. Rimbalzi: Capela 17. Assist: Young 10.

Indiana Pacers-Minnesota Timberwolves 120-129
Anthony Edwards relaunches Minnesota. With 37 points that make him the 4th youngest ever to reach 2500 points in his career, the second year allows the Wolves to break through the Pacers house, returning to success after two knockouts Indiana is in the 6th defeat in a row but is consoled with Tyrese Haliburton, the play who arrived last Tuesday from Sacramento, the cornerstone of the reconstruction that puts 22 points and 16 assists on the scoresheet. Also ahead of 18 at the start of the second half, Minnesota resisted the comeback of the Pacers, who returned up to 96-94 before the Wolves lunge that closed the game.
Indiana: Haliburton 22 (1/2, 6/12, 2/2 tl), Brissett 22 (6/12, 3/6, 1/3 tl), Stephenson 21. Rebounds: Brissett 13. Assist: Haliburton 16.
Minnesota: Edwards 37 (6/12, 7/13, 4/7 tl), Russell 23, Towns 15. Rimbalzi: Towns 13. Assist: Russell 6.