Dyson Daniels and Jalen Johnson led the best way for Atlanta of their first NBA Cup sport this week, because the injury-hit Hawks upset Boston.
Boston Shocked By Atlanta
The Celtics had been 16 level favourites towards the Hawks on Tuesday night time, so it’s honest to say that no one would have predicted Atlanta getting a win in Boston – particularly with out the injured Trae Younger.
Within the absence of Younger it was Jalen Johnson who exploded into motion for the Hawks, with the 22-year-old scoring his second profession triple double. Johnson grew to become the second youngest participant to report a triple double at TD Backyard in historical past after LeBron James.
It wasn’t simply Johnson on fireplace in Boston although, as Dyson Daniels additionally recorded a career-high 28 factors within the victory. In 41 minutes on the ground, Daniels recorded 28 factors, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 5 steals.
Dyson Daniels has 36 steals in his first 10 video games
That’s the most since Allen Iverson in 2003 pic.twitter.com/uo1w6u2HW8
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) November 13, 2024
Boston definitely didn’t go down and not using a battle, as Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 37 factors together with Derrick White, who added 31 of his personal in a detailed loss within the cup.
Brown was requested postgame what went incorrect within the loss and he addressed the staff’s turnovers: “I feel mentally, we had been simply careless tonight. We anticipated to win too careless. I imply, it confirmed.
“Our turnovers. It’s uncharacteristic of us having 20 turnovers… We wasn’t in sync like we usually had been, so we acquired to be higher at that and I acquired to be higher at that.”
Jaylen Brown:
Me and JT gotta be higher. We had 20 turnovers as a staff, and me and him had 11 mixed. pic.twitter.com/EoCLxSnmOX
— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) November 13, 2024
In no way are the Celtics out of the cup, however they’ll have an extended, uphill highway to climb if they’re going to make the quarter finals in Las Vegas this yr.
It appears unlikely Boston will prime their group this yr after the loss, with the fixtures solely getting more durable for Joe Mazzulla’s facet who face the unbeaten 12-0 Cavaliers within the second spherical.
After all the reigning NBA champions may nonetheless advance to the quarters as one of many two greatest ending second place groups.