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Round 1 vs. Hawks, Round 2 Preview

Posted on December 11, 2011 at 06:35 PM.

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The Celtics took game 1 without much trouble from the Hawks, but game 2 was a bit of a scare as Hawks pushed it to Overtime. Paul Pierce was the star in game 2, and Henderson in game 1. Rondo twisted ankle is DTD for round 2, but will apparentally play through the injury:

Game 1: Boston Celtics 94, Atlanta Hawks 67:
Celtics Notables:
Henderson - 23pts 3reb 2ast 2stl
Pierce - 18pts 3stl
Battier - 13pts 3reb 1stl
Bass - 8pts 3reb 1blk
Odom - 8pts 2stl 1blk
Rondo - 6pts 7ast 3stl

Hawks Notables:
Johnson - 19pts
Horford - 17pts
Jo. Smith - 11pts

Game 2: Boston Celtics 116, Atlanta Hawks 105 (OT):
Celtics Notables:
Pierce - 29pts 5reb 1stl 1blk
Love - 18pts 12reb
Bass - 15pts 7reb 1blk 1stl
Stackhouse - 14pts 3reb 2ast
Rondo - 11pts 8ast 1stl
Henderson - 8pts
Odom - 8pts 8reb 2stl 3blk
Asik - 7pts 9reb 2blk

Hawks Notables:
Crawford - 21pts
Johnson - 19pts 11ast
Horford - 17pts 14reb
Smith - 15pts
Shaq O`Neal - 14pts

Round 2:
1) Boston Celtics vs. 4) Indiana Pacers
2) Miami Heat vs. 3) Chicago Bulls

Preview: The Celtics beat the Pacers by a big margin in the regular season, and will be looking to do the same in round 2 here. The Pacers are led by Danny Granger (23.5pts), Tyler Hansbrough (18.5pts) and Shannon Brown (13pts), while the Celtics big guns for the postseason so far has been Paul Pierce (23.5pts), Gerald Henderson (15.5pts), and the duo of Kevin Love (12pts) and Brandon Bass (11.5pts). MVP Rajon Rondo will look to improve on his 8.5pts 7.5ast 2stl first round and try to get those assist totals up to where he was in the season, despite the injured ankle.