Joe Johnson's Emergence in game 4 35 points

April 28, 2008

ATLANTA -- The Boston Celtics were supposed to be resting up by now, getting ready for the next round of the playoffs.

Instead, they're headed back to Beantown all tied up with the lowly Atlanta Hawks, who are starting to believe -- really believe -- they can shock the world.

Joe Johnson scored 35 points, 20 in the fourth quarter, and Josh Smith added 28 points and seven blocks for Atlanta, which surprised the Celtics again 97-92 on Monday night to even the best-of-7 series at two games apiece.

"We took care of our home court," Johnson said. "Now we've got to go up to Boston and somehow steal one."

Game 5 is Wednesday night in Boston.

No one could have seen that coming.

The Hawks had the worst record (37-45) of any playoff team, and they certainly played like it in the first two games at Boston, losing them by an average of 21 points. The Celtics, who won an NBA-leading 66 games during the regular season, came South looking to wrap it up.

Now, it's a best-of-3.

well, the hawks are really stepping up this time, they argued about this game and they have the reason to upset boston and that is because of joe johnson.

the hawks had finally found their best.

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