Celtics Pull Away, Beat Hawks 128-120 for 4-2 Collection Win

ATLANTA (AP) — Al Horford hit an enormous 3-pointer in opposition to his former staff and the Boston Celtics broke open a decent recreation within the closing minutes to complete off the Atlanta Hawks 128-120 on Thursday evening for a 4-2 victory within the opening-round playoff sequence.

The second-seeded Celtics advance to face the third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers, who’ve been resting since finishing their four-game sweep of Brooklyn final Saturday.

Sport 1 is Monday evening in Boston.

Boston ripped off an 11-0 run that included three straight 3-pointers, with Horford’s massive shot sandwiched round 3s from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

Tatum capped the spurt with a dunk, which gave the Celtics a 121-113 lead with 2:07 remaining.

After carrying the Hawks to an unbelievable victory in Sport 5 at Boston, Atlanta’s Trae Younger ran out of steam within the second half. He missed 12 of 13 pictures over the ultimate two quarters.

Younger had 30 factors and 10 assists, however he completed simply 9 of 28 from the sphere.

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