With nine minutes, 33 seconds remaining, Terry Rozier received a tough transition feed from Evan Turner and found the bottom of the net on a reverse layup, giving the Boston Celtics their 50th and 51st points of the night.
This wasn't in the second quarter. It wasn't even in the third. The C's couldn't break past the half-century mark against the Atlanta Hawks' stifling defense until less than 10 minutes remained in the entire game.
By the time the final buzzer rang and signaled the end of Atlanta's 89-72 Game 2 victory, Boston had to be seriously demoralized. Its offense had been thoroughly destroyed for 48 straight minutes—the product of Atlanta's interior efforts and an inability to do anything but play into the hands of the East's No. 4 seed.
The Hawks blocked 15 shots on the night, including four from Paul Millsap and another five from Al Horford. Those two bigs controlled the paint whenever they were on the floor, using their quick hands to alter attempts and rack up rejections when they weren't disrupting passing lanes.
Better still, they managed to come up with opportune stops th ...
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