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Eastern Conference Recaps, April 25: Atlanta Hawks Stay Alive Against Boston Celtics On Trae Young's Late 3-Pointer

Atlanta Hawks force a Game 6 behind Trae Young's 38 points
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Eastern Conference Recaps, April 25: Atlanta Hawks Stay Alive Against Boston Celtics On Trae Young's Late 3-Pointer
Eastern Conference Recaps, April 25: Atlanta Hawks Stay Alive Against Boston Celtics On Trae Young's Late 3-Pointer

The Boston Celtics thought they were moving one step closer to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. 

Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks had other plans. 

The Hawks erased a 10-point deficit in the final five minutes in a 119-117 victory Tuesday in Game 5. Young hit the winning 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left. Jayson Tatum missed a 27-footer as time expired. 

Young finished with 38 points and 13 assists while John Collins had 22 points to keep the Hawks' season alive.  Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 35 points, seven rebounds and five assists. He picked up the slack for Tatum, who had just 19 points. 

The Celtics thought they had their ticket punched to face MVP candidate Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers in the next round. Now, they have to play the Hawks at least one more time.  

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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