Atlanta Hawks – Boston Celtics · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 12 November 2024

ATL117–116BOS

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Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when BOS leads and falls when ATL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Dyson Daniels decided it, the Atlanta Hawks player with the most points (28, with 3 rebounds and 7 assists; -4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Onyeka Okongwu's (+15). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Boston Celtics 116-117 Atlanta Hawks (November 12, 2024) was hit by Onyeka Okongwu: a putback with 6.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Atlanta Hawks up 117-116. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Boston Celtics 116-117 Atlanta Hawks (November 12, 2024) was a 9-0 run by the Atlanta Hawks in the third quarter (from 5:44 to 3:30), from 66-81 to 75-81. The Boston Celtics' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 4:29 to 3:47), from 46-43 to 54-43.

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Play: Onyeka Okongwu makes tip shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Onyeka Okongwu decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 6 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Okongwu decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

12 November 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401703370:646; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · ATL

Daniels · Johnson · Wallace · Nance · Okongwu

Closing lineup · BOS

White · Tatum · Brown · Holiday · Horford

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ATL

Dyson Daniels

41′ · -4

Jalen Johnson

39′ · +4

Keaton Wallace

32′ · -6

Zaccharie Risacher

25′ · +12

Clint Capela

17′ · -11

Larry Nance Jr.

27′ · +2

Garrison Mathews

23′ · -6

Onyeka Okongwu

31′ · +15

David Roddy

5′ · -1

BOS

Derrick White

38′ · +5

Jayson Tatum

37′ · +4

Jaylen Brown

36′ · 0

Jrue Holiday

29′ · +3

Al Horford

26′ · +3

Payton Pritchard

25′ · -9

Neemias Queta

21′ · -6

Sam Hauser

19′ · -3

Luke Kornet

4′ · +1

Jordan Walsh

4′ · -3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. ATL and BOS.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Atlanta Hawks

Johnson, Daniels, Wallace, Risacher, and Capela played 10.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Nance, Mathews, Okongwu, Johnson, and Daniels played 8.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Nance, Mathews, Okongwu, Daniels, and Risacher played 6.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

Boston Celtics

Brown, Tatum, White, Horford, and Holiday played 18.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Brown, Tatum, Queta, Pritchard, and Hauser played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Tatum, White, Pritchard, Hauser, and Horford played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

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Atlanta Hawks

Nance, Okongwu, Johnson, Daniels, and Wallace played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Okongwu, Johnson, Wallace, Roddy, and Risacher played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Nance, Mathews, Daniels, Wallace, and Capela played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Mathews, Okongwu, Johnson, Daniels, and Wallace played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Nance, Johnson, Daniels, Wallace, and Capela played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Nance, Okongwu, Johnson, Wallace, and Risacher played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Mathews, Johnson, Daniels, Wallace, and Capela played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Boston Celtics

Brown, Queta, Pritchard, Hauser, and Holiday played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Brown, White, Queta, Pritchard, and Hauser played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, Tatum, Queta, Pritchard, and Holiday played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Brown, Tatum, White, Queta, and Pritchard played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Brown, Tatum, White, Queta, and Horford played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
White, Kornet, Pritchard, Walsh, and Holiday played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
White, Kornet, Pritchard, Hauser, and Holiday played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Tatum, White, Queta, Hauser, and Walsh played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Dyson Daniels covered 4.92 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jalen Johnson touched the ball 111 times, a game high.
Jalen Johnson made 87 passes, a game high.
Jrue Holiday defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Jalen Johnson had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Atlanta Hawks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Dyson Daniels	4.92	6.8	96	68
Jalen Johnson	4.78	7.0	111	87
Keaton Wallace	3.86	6.8	66	52
Onyeka Okongwu	3.51	6.4	33	20
Larry Nance Jr.	3.25	6.6	29	19
Zaccharie Risacher	3.25	7.5	40	24
Garrison Mathews	2.78	6.7	21	15
Clint Capela	2.00	6.7	26	11
David Roddy	0.68	7.4	4	2

Boston Celtics

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Derrick White	4.34	6.5	87	65
Jaylen Brown	4.26	6.7	60	26
Jayson Tatum	4.04	6.1	79	53
Jrue Holiday	3.48	6.8	51	42
Payton Pritchard	3.09	6.9	48

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Atlanta Hawks

Dyson Daniels deflected 5.9 passes per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 1 of 388 in the league.
Garrison Mathews drew 0.24 charges per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 6 of 388 in the league.
Clint Capela drew 0.16 charges per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.

Boston Celtics

Jaylen Brown recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 19 of 388 in the league.
Luke Kornet defended 4.5 shots at the rim per game over his 71 games, and opponents made 12 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 8 of 138 in the league.
Derrick White drew 0.12 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 30 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Boston Celtics have won 176 of their 298 games against the Atlanta Hawks.

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Game context

Attendance

19.156

102.9% of capacity

TD Garden · Boston

Scoring

233

combined points

5.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

13 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:58.4

Al Horford → Jalen Johnson

Horford (BOS) extends his arms into Johnson's (ATL) path and delivers contact.