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Celtics hold off Hawks to advance in NBA playoffs



LOS ANGELES: Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum combined for 62 points and the Boston Celtics clamped down late to hold off the Atlanta Hawks in a 128-120 thriller on Thursday to win their NBA Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.

The Celtics, trying to get back to the NBA Finals after falling last season to the Golden State Warriors, won the best-of-seven series 4-2 to line up a conference semifinal showdown with a Philadelphia 76ers team led by Joel Embiid and James Harden.



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