Schroeder: Al Horford's Return Makes Hawks Relevant Again
SB Nation's Scott Schroeder says that the return of Al Horford makes the Atlanta Hawks relevant in the NBA Playoffs once again.
| Final - 5.8.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 21 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 86 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 15 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 87 |
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The Atlanta Hawks fall into a 3-1 deficit in their best-of-seven series with the Boston Celtics after a 101-79 loss in Game 4
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 21 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 86 |
| Atlanta | 15 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 87 |
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 35 | 7-17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Brandon Bass | 32 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 7-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Kevin Garnett | 38 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Avery Bradley | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Rajon Rondo | 43 | 6-17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Ray Allen | 29 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 2-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 14 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Ryan Hollins | 19 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Keyon Dooling | 4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Marquis Daniels | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Sean Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| E`Twaun Moore | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| JaJuan Johnson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-77 | 6-14 | 12-15 | 33-9 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 13-0 | 86 | |
| .442 | .429 | .800 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 1 (25 pts) | |||||||
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Williams | 35 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Josh Smith | 46 | 6-16 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 16-4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Al Horford | 41 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 11-4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5-0 | 19 |
| Joe Johnson | 45 | 6-17 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Jeff Teague | 42 | 5-11 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Tracy McGrady | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Erick Dampier | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 6 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Willie Green | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Jason Collins | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ivan Johnson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Vladimir Radmanovic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jannero Pargo | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Zaza Pachulia | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-73 | 7-16 | 12-14 | 41-13 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 19-0 | 87 | |
| .466 | .438 | .857 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 1 (21 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Dan Crawford, David Jones, Tom Washington
Duration:2:27
Officials: - Dan Crawford, David Jones, Tom Washington
Duration:2:27
