Hawks vs. Celtics: Game 3 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs

Isaiah Thomas scored a career-high 42 points as the main offensive force behind the Boston Celtics’ 111-103 win over the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 at the TD Garden in Boston on Friday, cutting his team’s series deficit to 2-1.

The All-Star point guard’s scoring outburst led the Celtics, who had five players score in double figures. Evan Turner scored 17 points, and Amir Johnson contributed with 15.

The Celtics took to Twitter to celebrate the first playoff victory of the head coach Brad Stevens era:

Did you see that?! No. 4 just went for 4-2 in Game 3 to lead your C’s to a 111-103 win! Game 4: Sunday at the Garden pic.twitter.com/qBOzsEnxi4

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 23, 2016

Atlanta had four players score in double figures. Jeff Teague had 23 points, while backup point guard Dennis Schroder had 20. Kent Bazemore also had 20 points, and Kyle Korver had 17.

But it wasn’t enough to give the Hawks a commanding 3-0 lead in the series, per Mike Conti of 92.9 FM in Atlanta:

The Hawks have now lost 7 straight games in which they’ve had the chance to take a 3-0 series lead (3-12 overall)

— Mike Conti (@MikeConti929) April 23, 2016

Paul Millsap and Al Horford combined for only 16 points, as Atlanta shot 44.2 percent from the floor and 9-of-36 from three-point range. Boston, meanwhile, made 11 threes, with five of them coming from Thomas.

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After shooting 33 percent through the first two games, it didn’t take long for Thomas to get going Friday. He scored 16 first-quarter points on 5-of-9 shooting and made two of Boston’s five three-pointers in the first 12 minutes.

The Celtics, who scored 34 and 28 first-half points in the first two games, respectively, had 37 in the first quarter and held the Hawks to 20. Boston shot 57 percent in the first quarter, which was capped off by a long two from rookie Terry …

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