BOSTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 28 points Wednesday night to help the Atlanta Hawks snap a 21-game road losing streak and complete a sweep of a home-and-home series against the Boston Celtics, 92-85.
Atlanta squandered a 21-point, third-quarter lead in Indiana on Tuesday night and appeared on the verge of blowing a 12-point advantage Wednesday.
Antoine Walker scored eight straight points to bring the Celtics within 87-85 with 1:40 left, but Abdur-Rahim hit a fallaway jumper with 1:20 to go and Jason Terry made oen of two foul shots with 15 seconds remaining to make it 92-85.
After rookie Joe Johnson missed a three-pointer for Boston, Toni Kukoc clinched the win with a pair from the line with 4.9 seconds to play.
The Hawks posted their first road victory since beating Golden State, 98-91, on Feb. 17 of last season.
Abdur-Rahim scored 29 points in Saturday's 112-103 victory over the Celtics.
Walker and Paul Pierce each recorded double-doubles for Boston. Walker collected 27 points and 14 rebounds and Pierce added 16 and 11.
