The Boston Celtics added Monday's ninth straight NBA victory, their longest winning streak of the past seven years, by defeating the Atlanta Hawks 107-110 in a game in which their star, the base Kyrie Irving, scored 35 points in a great performance that included four 3 pts and seven assists.
The rookie Jayson Tatum, with 21 points, was the Celtics' second leading scorer, while Al Horford, a former Hawks player, managed a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds and stayed one step ahead. triple-double to deliver nine assists. Horford played his first nine seasons in Atlanta before going as a free agent to Boston last season, in which he added a total of 20 points and 17 rebounds in three games against the Hawks. The match was very close, with minimal advantages for the two teams, but a triple from Irving from the right wing put the Celtics up (103-104) with 1'37 "to play and the Boston team did not miss the opportunity to win and increase his record in nine wins and two losses, the best in the NBA this season, after losing his first two games and his star forward Gordon Hayward.
The Hawks, who had won two at the LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers temple the previous night, had Dennis Schroder, with 23 points, their leading scorer, followed by Dewayne Dedmon and Italian Marco Belinelli, both with 19. After their defeat, they now have a balance of 2-9.
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