The Boston Celtics will get a chance to avenge their embarrassing Monday meltdown against the Hawks when the teams meet for the second time this week on Thursday in Atlanta.
The host Hawks overcame a 30-point deficit and ended Boston's nine-game winning streak with a 120-118 victory. It was the biggest comeback in Hawks history and the largest comeback in the NBA this season.
"We let our foot off the gas in the second half and they got a great rhythm," Celtics star Jayson Tatum said. "It's a tough pill to swallow."
Boston's Kristaps Porzingis added, "You give (hope) to that type of team, you relax too much and give them some open looks, those guys can make shots. They're an offensive-minded team and they got it going and then it's a tough battle to kind of bring it back to what we wanted. We just gave them too much life."
Boston leads the season series 2-1, having won the first two games in Boston, 113-103 on Nov. 26 and 125-117 on Feb. 7.
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