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In November, the Boston Celtics had their lengthy home winning streak against the Atlanta Hawks snapped. The two-time defending Atlantic Division champions, though, have also enjoyed plenty of success in Atlanta lately.
Coming off one of its most thrilling victories of the season, Boston will try to win its fourth straight at Philips Arena on Friday night.
Including four victories in the 2008 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the Celtics (25-8) had won nine straight at TD Garden over Atlanta (22-12) prior to a 97-86 loss Nov. 13. Joe Johnson, a former first-round draft pick of Boston’s, led the Hawks with 24 points.
Boston, which has won three straight regular-season visits to Atlanta, won 13 of its first 14 road games this season before dropping three straight away from home.
The Celtics snapped that skid with Wednesday’s 112-106 overtime victory over Miami. Boston trailed by 11 in the fourth quarter and was down by two with 0.6 seconds left after Dwyane Wade stole the ball from Ray Allen and raced in for a dunk, but Paul Pierce threw a perfect lob pass to Rajon Rondo, who scored the game-tying layup as time expired.
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