The Atlanta Hawks staved off elimination with an impressive Game 5 victory in Boston over the Celtics on Tuesday night, 119-117.
Trae Young led the Hawks with 38 points and 13 assists, with John Collins adding 22 points in his best game of the series so far. For the Celtics, Jaylen Brown scored 35 points, Jayson Tatum adding 19 points on a difficult night shooting the ball.
The Hawks entered Game 5 as clear underdogs, and that was before the suspension of Dejounte Murray (Bogdan Bogdanovic starting in his place). As the Celtics again made their run in the second quarter to push their lead to 13 and looked a dominant force attacking the rim you’d be forgiven for thinking the Hawks’ season was going to end this night.