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Led by Trae Young's 38 points and 13 assists, the No. 7 seed Atlanta Hawks defeat the No. 2 seed Boston Celtics in Game 5, 119-117. John Collins (22 points, 4 3pt. FG) and Bogdan Bogdanovic (18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists) added a combined 40 points in the victory. Jaylen Brown tallied 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists for the Celtics, while Jayson Tatum added 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. The Celtics lead the best-of-seven series, 3-2, with Game 6 taking place on Thursday, April 27th. Trae Young has recorded his 4th career playoff game with 35+ points and 10+ assists, tying him for the most in NBA Playoff History for players 24 years and younger, joining Oscar Robertson (4)
Directing traffic takes a long three.
Trey Young. 250 to go. 12-2 run for Atlanta. Here's Young. Fires a three. That hits.
Smart. Reverses. Down the lane. Kicks it out in the corner. Horford. No good.
Lillian with the rebound and stick back. 61 percent free throw shooter misses that one.
2.17 to go. 1.13, 1.11. Fans chanting defense now. Here's Young. Step back three.
Smart the other way. Tatum. And an offensive foul on Smart. 13-1-11. Young. Crosses over.
Drives. And foul. Tricky play. And a technical foul has been called on Marcus Smart.
Young. A gamer. And Atlanta now has the lead. The last time they led this game,
the score was 41-40 in the second quarter. 1.14, 1.13. How does Boston respond?
Brown. He's been the catalyst tonight. White. Brown throws it away with 1.20 to go.
Momentum is something else, isn't it? It seems like the Hawks now are in
total control here. They've got this Celtics team a little rattled.
Here's Young. Straight up. Off the back rim. Celtics running. Brown. Under a minute to play.
Pick and roll. Brown. Roll into the basket. Hangs in the air. Williams can't finish it.
If you're Trey Young here, obviously you're looking to get an open shot,
but you're in the penalty as well. You want to make sure you get something going to the basket
and try to create an open look. 18-4 run for Atlanta. 33 seconds to go. Young down the lane.
Off the window. And it's controlled by Boston. Inside. Williams.
They could have had the tip ball. 1.15, 1.15. 15.8 to go. Trey Young. And he's got it. 1.16,
1.15. Here comes Tatum. Tatum turns. Here's White. Gets it inbounds. Gets it back across the lane.
Blocked out of bounds. To the lead. 1.17, 1.16. And Hunter. And here's Young. Back tracks. 5 to
shoot. Young lets it go. And ice. White will throw it inbounds. Inside. Horford poked away with 0.5
to go. Smart. 0.5 to go. Tatum lets it go. And that's it. How about the Atlanta Hawks?
