{"id":549676,"date":"2026-03-28T03:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/549676\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T03:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:25:07","slug":"celtics-109-102-hawks-mar-27-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/549676\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics 109-102 Hawks (Mar 27, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON — \u2014 Payton Pritchard<\/a> scored 36 points, Jayson Tatum<\/a> had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics<\/a> beat the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> 109-102 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Jalen Johnson<\/a> scored 29 points and CJ McCollum<\/a> had 21 for the Hawks, who came in 15-2 since the All-Star break, best in the Eastern Conference. Nickeil Alexander-Walker<\/a> added 20 points but Atlanta’s shooting touch faded as the game progressed after a strong start.<\/p>\n

Boston played without All-Star guard Jaylen Brown<\/a>, who was ruled out with Achilles tendinitis.<\/p>\n

Behind Pritchard\u2019s spark off the bench and a dramatic swing beyond the arc, the Celtics caught the Hawks after trailing 25-9 in the first quarter. Boston made seven straight 3-pointers during the second quarter, but Johnson and Atlanta went into halftime up 60-55. <\/p>\n

Fresh off an overtime victory over Eastern Conference leader Detroit, Atlanta entered the final quarter within striking distance of Boston, which has the East’s second-best record. Tatum had a tough night from the field, missing 16 of 24 shots, yet his spinning drive to the rim gave Boston a 97-86 lead with 7:29 remaining.<\/p>\n

After getting fouled on a 3-point attempt with time winding down on the shot clock, Tatum sealed it with three free throws that gave Boston a 107-99 lead with a minute left. <\/p>\n

The surging Hawks entered Friday with 14 wins in their last 15 games. They had their three-game winning streak snapped after shooting 39% from the field. <\/p>\n

Brown missed his eighth game of the season. The Celtics improved to 7-1 without their leading scorer. Boston coach Joe Mazzulla said he was day to day.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Hawks: Host Sacramento on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Celtics: Travel to face Charlotte on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON — \u2014 Payton Pritchard scored 36 points, Jayson Tatum had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-549676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}