ATLANTA (AP) — When the Atlanta Hawks wouldn’t give up their comeback bid late in the game, Boston coach Joe Mazzulla said his Celtics survived because they were able to “navigate the chaos.”
It helped that the Celtics sank 20 3-pointers.
Jayson Tatum led a balanced attack by scoring 11 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics overcame Atlanta’s fourth-quarter comeback bid, beating the Hawks 134-125 on Saturday night.
“We are playing at the level we are supposed to be playing,” Tatum said. “We responded when we needed to.”
The Celtics opened a six-game trip by having six players score in double figures.