Al Horford thanked God, because in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, he was touched.
Two years after he left the Boston Celtics in free agency, Horford's former team gave him another chance, reacquiring a contract the Philadelphia 76ers and Oklahoma City Thunder had written off in the meantime. The 15-year veteran paid off every cent with a playoff career-high 30 points that saved the Celtics' season and gave him one more title shot with a team he led to back-to-back conference finals an NBA lifetime ago.
Facing the possibility of a 3-1 series deficit against the best player alive and his defending champions, Horford scored 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting in a stunning fourth-quarter comeback that brought Boston's second-round slugfest with two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and his Milwaukee Bucks to a 2-2 draw.