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Atlanta Game 5 win means Sixers will begin second round on Monday

It looked like we were set to have Game 1 of Philadelphia’s second round series take place in Boston on Saturday, as the Celtics led Atlanta by 13 points in the fourth quarter of last night’s Game 5. However, as we unfortunately saw up close a couple years ago, the Hawks are not afraid to come back from a second-half deficit on the road in the postseason. Atlanta pulled off the improbable upset, finishing off Boston in the final seconds courtesy of this Trae Young moonshot:

TRAE YOUNG FROM THE LOGO. HAWKS TAKE LEAD pic.