Kyrie Irving scored 32 points (15 in the second quarter), and the Boston Celtics rallied from 16 points down in the second quarter to beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-105.
The Celtics trailed 50-34 with 8:55 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Hawks 79-55 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Hawks 6-0. Al Horford scored all 6 of the Celtics’ points on 1 for 4 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Terry Rozier had 2 of his 3 steals, 1 of them during a 9-0 Celtics run, and the Celtics scored 4 points off them.
For the Hawks, Kevin Huerter had 18 points (12 on 4 3-pointers), 7 assists and 3 steals, and Taurean Prince went 1 for 8 from 3. Alex Len scored 15 points on 7 for 10 shooting off the bench.
The Celtics went 23 for 25 at the line to the Hawks’ 13 for 14 and outscored them 24-9 on the fast break. The Hawks outscored the Celtics 18-6 in 5 minutes with Lin, Len, Prince, Huerter and Spellman on the floor together.