The Hawks no longer have a choice: after two defeats in Boston, they absolutely must win this Friday evening, on pain of being led 3-0, and therefore seeing the last hopes of qualification disappear. Before this meeting, Quin Snyder did not beat around the bush.
“Obviously it’s the most important game, even though they’re all important,” recognize the coach for the AJC. “I don’t just want to feel pressure, but more enthusiasm, aggression and determination. »
Only, what can the Hawks rely on after the two defeats in Boston since the Celtics were quite clearly above? No doubt on a small window in Game 2, with the first seven minutes, where Atlanta led 22-11 before cashing in stride a 14-0.
“Those first five or six minutes, we were circulating the ball and making stops. We have to do it for 48 minutes,” explains Jalen Johnson. “We must have more possessions like that than the Celtics. If we can do that, we can win. »
To maintain these efforts over time, Dejounte Murray wants to rely on the return home and the support of the State Farm Arena.
“That should help us a lot. We are at home, we see our families. In addition, we are motivated because we are down 2-0. It’s not the end of the world, it’s not about a match, but it’s a series. We are going to play in front of our fans and that should give us a boost. »
Same analysis with Quin Snyder. ” It’s useful. We always want to win away from home, but even though I’ve been there for a short time, I saw that our fans were magnificent, always behind us when we played well. And when we played badly, the public supported us. I hope we can give him a reason to celebrate. We may not play well throughout the game, but we will play much better than we have until now. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
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| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Trae Young | 73 | 34.8 | 42.9 | 33.5 | 88.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 26.2 |
| Dejounte Murray | 74 | 36.4 | 46.4 | 34.4 | 83.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 20.5 |
| De’Andre Hunter | 67 | 31.7 | 46.1 | 35.0 | 82.6 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 15.4 |
| Bogdan Bogdanovic | 54 | 27.9 | 44.7 | 40.6 | 83.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 14.0 |
| John Collins | 71 | 30.0 | 50.8 | 29.2 | 80.3 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 13.1 |
| Clint Capela | 65 | 26.6 | 65.3 | 0.0 | 60.3 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 12.0 |
| Saddiq Bey | 25 | 25.1 | 47.0 | 40.0 | 86.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 11.6 |
| Onyeka Okongwu | 80 | 23.1 | 63.8 | 30.8 | 78.1 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 9.9 |
| Aj Griffin, Jr. | 72 | 19.5 | 46.5 | 39.0 | 89.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 8.9 |
| Jalen Johnson | 70 | 14.9 | 49.1 | 28.8 | 62.8 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 5.6 |
| Garrison Mathews | 9 | 9.4 | 41.9 | 40.0 | 87.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.8 |
| Justin Holiday | 28 | 14.7 | 38.4 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| Jarrett Culver | 10 | 13.7 | 39.5 | 8.3 | 69.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| Aaron Holiday | 63 | 13.4 | 41.8 | 40.9 | 84.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| Bruno Fernando | 8 | 5.2 | 57.9 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| Frank Kaminsky | 26 | 6.8 | 56.8 | 47.8 | 83.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| Trent Forrest | 23 | 12.0 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| Donovan Williams | 2 | 2.1 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Tyrese Martin | 16 | 4.1 | 39.1 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Vit Krejci | 29 | 5.7 | 40.5 | 23.8 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
