Celtics go up 3-2 on Hawks, win 110-85 (AP)

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Celtics go up 3-2 on Hawks, win 110-85 (AP)
Parquet Wishes and Leprechaun Dreams found this 5/1/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]
Takedowns and menacing gestures. Double technicals and flagrant fouls. And the Boston Celtics are heading to Atlanta to try to deliver the knockout punch. Paul Pierce scored a playoff-high 22 points and Ray Allen hit three 3-pointers in the middle of the third quarter Wednesday night to turn back the Hawks' last charge, leading Boston to a hard-fought 110-85 victory over Atlanta and giving the... [link]

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Okay, so the Celts have this home-court thing pretty much down pat ...
Published 5/1/2008 by Alessandro at Parquet Wishes and Leprechaun Dreams
... Seriously, it's been proven that the Celtics are twenty points better (sports.yahoo.com) than the Hawks ... now the team simply must show that they have the mental toughness necessary for the postseason and will not get rattled on an opposing team's home floor (I'm sure the Pistons are just licking their chops at the prospects of getting the C's within the friendly confines of the Palace at Auburn Hills after seeing a young and inexperienced ballclub stifle them twice in the playoffs already). ...

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