The Celtics took a 2-0 lead in their first round series against the Hawks on Tuesday with another comfortable win — this time a 119-106 victory.
Here are the takeaways:
1. After scoring 22 points in Game 1, Derrick White was a menace again on Tuesday — piling up 26 points on 11-for-16 shooting to go with seven rebounds, two assists, and three blocked shots. When the Celtics acquired him, the hope was that he would be able to make an outsized impact playing next to stars like Tatum and Brown, but so far in this series (and for an eyebrow-raising amount of the regular season), White has been something like a third star — a reliable 3-point shooter whenever he’s open who can get downhill to the basket when necessary and lock up guards like Hawks’ star Trae Young.