Jaylen Brown scored 32 factors and Jayson Tatum added 30 to provide the visiting Boston Celtics a 128-120 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday, ending their Eastern Conference first-round playoff sequence in Game 6.
The second-seeded Celtics will play the third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers within the second spherical of the playoffs, with Game 1 on Monday in Boston.
Boston trailed 113-110 with 6:24 remaining after a Clint Capela dunk. However, the Celtics reeled off 11 straight factors to go up 121-113 on consecutive 3-pointers from Brown, Al Horford and Tatum after which a dunk from Tatum with 2:07 to go.
Brown shot 13-for-25 from the sphere, hitting 6 of 8 3-point makes an attempt and grabbing 5 rebounds. Tatum went 11-for-20 with 4 3-pointers, 14 rebounds and 7 assists. Marcus Smart added 22 factors, and Horford, a former Hawk, completed with 10 factors and 12 rebounds.
The Celtics made 18 3-pointers and went 16-for-17 from the road.
Atlanta was led by Trae Young with 30 factors, his fourth straight sport with 30-plus factors. Young completed solely 9-for-28 from the ground and 4-for-12 on 3-point tries. He added 10 assists.
De’Andre Hunter scored 20 factors and Dejounte Murray, who was suspended for Game 5 for bumping a referee, returned to attain 14 — all within the second half — and hand out 10 assists.
The Celtics grabbed an early 10-point lead however led solely 35-34 after one quarter. Young stored the Hawks afloat with 18 factors within the opening interval.
The Hawk led by as many as seven within the second quarter, solely to have Boston go on a 15-7 run and lead 68-67 on the half. Young had 25 earlier than the break whereas Brown scored 19.
The third quarter featured 9 lead adjustments and 6 ties, with the Hawks utilizing a late basket by Onyeka Okongwu to take a 100-98 edge into the fourth quarter.
The Celtics, who gained each regular-season video games in Atlanta, gained two of the three playoff video games in Atlanta.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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