BOSTON – Ahead of Saturday night’s tip-off in Atlanta, Celtics coach Brad Stevens told the media how much his team was in need of a grind-it-out win on the road, after losing four straight and six of its last seven away from home.
It’s almost as if his players were listening from around the corner inside the visitor’s locker room at State Farm Arena, as they came out and did exactly what Stevens asked.
Things weren’t so hot for Boston at the start, as could be expected for a team playing on the second night of a back-to-back.