(The Sports Xchange) - The Atlanta Hawks were melting down, their 19-point lead over the Boston Celtics long gone. Horford scored 24 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and made multiple hustle plays down the stretch, allowing Atlanta to escape with a 102-101 win Saturday in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference playoffs series that is expected to be tight. After trailing by as many as 19 in the first, Boston's Avery Bradley and Marcus Smart sparked a second-half rally.
