Surprise! Surprise!

Stunning? No.

However, if they win the series, it's the biggest upset in NBA Playoff History because of the team records.

Atlanta really have nothing to lose now, they have given us weaknesses in Boston like you've never seen before. They settled too much for the jumpshot and could not convert on the easy baskets. Most importantly, they failed to produce on the road.

Great win for Atlanta, entertaining game, and Josh Smith is RIDICULOUS!

Oh yeah, I don't give a crap about the Lakers game tonight.

Stunning is the Hawks coming back from double digits down in the third quarter. This is one of those series where the Celtics figured they would win just by showing up. In the postseason, confidence breeds momentum, and the Hawks have more of both right now than Boston does. And Dre is right, the Hawks didn't get Mike Bibby for the regular season, they got him for right now.

this is clearly just the power of Josh Childress's afro and a rockin ATL beat

That crowd was electrifying and I think a lot of credit needs to be given to Mike Woodson, there were a lot of rumors that Atlanta could let him go in order for a more proven coach. No way does that happen now, This team played it's rear end off for him tonight. This team has heart and could take a punch. Boston had them on the ropes twice. The 1st time is when they got off to that roaring start and had a chance to run away with this game early, ATL came back and grabbed the lead by the end of the quarter!!!! Then of course when Boston grabbed a double-digit lead, here comes Atlanta again led by Joe Johnson and Josh Smith {who has proved to me that he's primed for greatness in this league}. I wondered if good basketball would ever return to the ATL, well no need to wonder now.

Has the minus troll returned?

As someone who watched the C's all year...they have struggled with young run and gun teams but the thing about these teams is that they kill themselves, if those quick buckets dont drop its a wrap but not to worry the C's will win in 6

Atlanta has played great in the last two games, but they hardly got the Celtics' best effort. Tonight it was the free throw misses, getting 1 of 10 from the field to start the 4th quarter, and breakdowns in team defense. If the C's don't get back on track, Atlanta will win, but the series is still in the Celtics' hands.

I'm sure this is surprising all of us. Who would've thought that the Hawks would defeat the Celtics in the playoffs... TWICE! This just proves that "talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships" (said by Michael Jordan). Many people tend to underestimate the fact that records no longer matter when it comes to the playoffs. The playoffs are battles of the coaches, battles of stamina and who can hold their ground, as well as battles of will. Josh Smith is a beast, and so is Joe Johnson. With the veteran Mike Bibby leading the team, it looks like the Hawks actually have something to defeat the Celtics.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. A best-of-seven playoff series, in any sport, is not over until the home team loses!

i knew scal should have been playing