A recap othe Hawks’ 102-101 Game 1 win over the Celtics Saturday:
Noteworthy
* The Hawks had five double-digit scorers in Al Horford (24), Jeff Teague (23), Kent Bazemore (23), Paul Millsap (14) and Mike Scott (14).
* The Celtics had five double-digit scorers in Isaiah Thomas (27), Avery Bradley (18), Marcus Smart (15), Jae Crowder (14) and Evan Turner (10).
* The Celtics lost Bradley to a potentially serious hamstring injury with 6:42 left in the game. Bradley said he heard a “pop” when injured.
* Celtics’ coach Brad Stevens got a technical foul in the third quarter, on the second of his NBA career. His other came in 2014.
* Scott was assessed a Flagrant 1 foul in the second quarter for a forearm that hit Smart.
* Tim Hardaway Jr. played 8:26 seconds. He was listed as questionable before the game with a right groin strain suffered in the regular-season finale.
* Mike Muscala was the Hawks’s first sub, a role that had been filled by Kris Humphries. Humphries did not play in the game.
* The Hawks outrebounded the Celtics, 53-50.
* The Hawks held a 52-36 advantage in points in the paint.
* Kyle Korver was 1 of 10 from the field and 0-7 from 3-point range.
Key stat
21
Hawks’ third-quarter points as they shot 5 of 20 from the field and started a drought that allowed the Celtics to eventually erase a 19-point deficit
Quote of the game
“We are glad that we won. I think we’ll take a lot of positives from the first half. But we know it’s going to be a long series. We won Game 1 at home. We didn’t play well in the second half. We know we are going to have to play better to win. But at the same time playoff wins are huge and you’ll take any of them.” – Kyle Korver
Report card
Offense: B-minus
The Hawks started fast, scoring 30 first-quarter points and shooting 46 percent from the field. The shooting percentages declined as the game went on and the Hawks finished shooting 41 percent. The third-quarter was bad. Losing a 19-point lead was worse. The Hawks shot 5 of 27 from 3-point range. The bench had 16 points, 14 from Scott.
Defense: C
Credit the Hawks for some stifling defense in the first half. But they let the Celtics back in a game in which they led by 19 points. Their transition defense was bad in the second half. After containing Celtics’ point guard Isaiah Thomas in the first half (six points), they did not in the second half (21 points). In the end, they got some key stops and rebounds that matter.
