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Hawks face Celtics for Game 2

By Chicks Into Sports / April 18, 2023

In Game One of the series on Saturday, 4/15, the Hawks fell to the Celtics 99-112.

The Hawks and Celtics will face off on Tuesday, 4/18, for the second game of the opening round of the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs at 7 p.m.

This season, the club recorded a franchise-record 38 sellouts at State Farm Arena, topping the previous record of 25 set in the 2014-15 season.

In Game One of the series on Saturday, making it his first playoff appearance as a member of the Atlanta Hawks, Dejounte Murray notched a team-high 24 points, a team-high tying eight rebounds, six assists and a game-high tying three steals in 36 minutes, becoming the first player in franchise history to record at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists, while swiping three steals, in a playoff debut with the club .

Hawks Head Coach Quin Snyder is making his seventh straight appearance in the NBA Playoffs, the longest playoff appearance streak by an active head coach: Snyder (7, 2017-23), Mike Budenholzer (5, 2019-23), Michael Malone (5, 2019-23), Doc Rivers (5, 2019-23).

Afterwards the series will head to Atlanta as games three and four will be played at State Farm Arena (4/21, 4/23) .

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