Celtics easily beat Hawks 99 to 65 and now Cavs are on their way

Yeah, nobody can deny that the Hawks gave the Celtics a hard time at the first round of the 2008 NBA playoffs, but somehow, the most dominant team during the regular season managed to win game seven and advance to the second round.

And what a victory, with a final score of 99 to 65, an with the Celts leading 56-28 at the third quarter, the Hawks fate was sealed early on the game.

So yes, Boston find it hard to battle Atlanta, but at the end the statistics won, and the Celtics are advancing to face Lebron James and the Cavs on game one of the conference semifinals on Tuesday.

Now, if we get to compare this two teams during the regular season, well, there is really no possible match, as the Celtics won 66 and the Hawks only 37, and so probably the Celts were coming to the playoffs trusted on sweaping Atlanta easily, but this just proves that even underdog teams can shine on the final stages of the season, exactly when they are forced to do so.

The Celtics have a real test on the Cavs, a team that is leaded by Lebron, who has scored an average of 30 points in their last 10 meetings, and so Boston will need to find a way to keep him off the ring and Cleveland knows that he’s the guy that can make the difference on this second round.