The Celtics' productive chaos finds an avatar in Marcus Smart

BOSTON — Paul Millsap was destroying the Celtics. One by one they had taken their turns guarding him, from Jonas Jerebko to Jae Crowder, with doses of Jared Sullinger and Amir Johnson thrown in for good measure. And one by one they had been 

Isaiah Thomas scored 28 points, hitting a corner 3-pointer with 30 seconds left in overtime and then adding a pair of clinching free throws as the Boston Celtics beat the Hawks 104-95 on Sunday night to send their first-round playoff series back to

Well, he guarded Millsap the last thirteen minutes of the game, including overtime, probably; maybe the last eight minutes of the fourth quarter. Obviously you're throwing darts a little bit with a guy that's rolling like that. But one thing about that

The Boston Celtics will not fold. Behind Isaiah Thomas and a monster fourth quarter from Marcus Smart, the Celtics came back from 16 down to stun the Atlanta Hawks in Game 4, 104-95. Thomas had 28 points and six assists as the Celtics evened the series 

Isaiah Thomas scored 28 points, Marcus Smart added 20 off the bench and the Celtics rallied from 16 down to defeat the Atlanta Hawks, 104-95, in an overtime thriller at TD Garden at Sunday night, tying up their first-round Eastern Conference playoff