Cassell, Celtics, prevent Hawks from clinching playoff berth

 
* Boston 99, at Atlanta 8: Sam Cassell and Boston's reserves outplayed Atlanta's starters in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics prevented the Hawks from clinching their first playoff berth since 1999. Atlanta would have ended the NBA's longest playoff drought with a victory because Indiana lost to Charlotte. [link]

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