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Game Thread: Game 6 of Hawks vs. Celtics

042616 ATLANTA: Hawks guard Jeff Teague prepares to play the Celtics in Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series at Philips Arena on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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042616 ATLANTA: Hawks guard Jeff Teague prepares to play the Celtics in Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series at Philips Arena on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com
By Chris Vivlamore
April 28, 2016

GAME 6: HAWKS VS. CELTICS

(Hawks lead series, 3-2)

April 28, 2016, 8 p.m., TD Garden

Probable Starters

Hawks

Jeff Teague

Kyle Korver

Kent Bazemore

Paul Millsap

Al Horford

Injury report: Out – Tiago Splitter (right hip surgery)

Inactives: Splitter, Edy Tavares

Celtics

Isaiah Thomas

Evan Turner

Jae Crowder

Amir Johnson

Jonas Jerebko

Injury report: Out – Avery Bradley (right hamstring sprain); Probable – Isaiah Thomas (mild left ankle sprain)

Inactives: Bradley, TBA

Officials: Scott Foster, Tony Brothers and James Williams

From the Hawks

Teague has scored in double-figures in 13 straight playoff games. … The Hawks had 14 3-pointers in Game 5, the second most in franchise playoff history. … Korver has at least 3-pointers in the past four games of the series.

From the Celtics

Thomas expects to play despite suffering the ankle sprain late in Game 5. ... With Turner held to just seven points, Turner was the Celtics’ leading scorer with 15 points. … Celtic starters were a combined minus-108 in the Game 5 loss.

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About the Author

Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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