The Atlanta Hawks beat the Boston Celtics last night 103-100 to force a game 7 tomorrow afternoon in Boston. This Eastern Conference quaterfinals series is now tied at 3 games each. The winner of tomorrow's game 7 advances to the next round and the loser goes home. The Celtics finished with the the NBA's best record this year at 66-16. They were expected to easily breeze by their first round series against Atlanta, who finished the season 37-45, which is the worst record of any team to qualify for the playoffs.
The series has been much closer than anyone would have thought. The Hawks have played really well in a series where most people didn't think they could win a game. I think it is going to be very difficult for them to win tomorrow but if they do I think it has to be considered one of the biggest upsets in NBA history. The home team has one every game in the series so far, so the Celtics will have the advantage tomorrow playing in front of their home crowd. But Atlanta who is a much more inexperenced team than the Celtics, have looked like the quicker, more energized team throughout the series. Almost no one will give them a shot to win the game tomorrow, but they still have a chance to pull off what would be one the greatest upsets in NBA history.
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