Hawks shaves Celtic’s series lead to 3-2 after a later comeback

Atlanta Hawks cap a late comeback and beat the Boston Celtics 119-117 Tuesday night. Trae Young had 38 points in the game and drained a long go-ahead 3-pointer with just 2.8 seconds left on the clock to help his team win.

Now Boston has a slight lead in the series with 3-2 and sends the teams back to Atlanta for Game 6 on Thursday.

John Collins added 22 points for Atlanta, who played without Dejounte Murray, who was suspended for one game.

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Jaylen Brown scored 35 points and Jayson Tatum added 19 for the Celtics, who were outscored 37-25 in the fourth quarter and that cost them a lot.