Kemba Walker had 28 points, his highest number of the season, and the Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 121-109 on Friday night.
Jayson Tatum added 25 points and eight rebounds. Jaylen Brown and Tristan Thompson finished with 17 points per head to help Boston win the second of two consecutive games between the two teams.
The Hawks won the first, held on Wednesday.
Boston has won two of its last three games since equaling its worst streak of the season, in which it lost five of seven games.
Trae Young led the Hawks with 31 points. Atlanta has lost five of six meetings.
The Celtics were leading by as many as 27 points in the third period, before that margin narrowed to 108-99 with 4:50 to play in the game. But Daniel Theis contributed 10 points during the rest of the meeting for the Celtics, to end the confrontation.
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