The Celtics had to work for it, but they managed to find a creative way to fall 119-115 to Trae Young and the Hawks on Saturday.
Here are the takeaways.
The Celtics had the game in hand.
We can’t stress enough the extent to which the Celtics blew this one.
The Hawks put up a good fight and certainly had their own opportunities to pull away, but the Celtics seemed to have done just enough to squeak out the victory with 30 seconds remaining.
With the game tied at 100, Jaylen Brown created some space for himself with a beautiful turnaround jumper, and the Celtics took the lead.