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A fast start gets results for the Hawks

By Amalie Benjamin

 |  Globe staff  

  April 30, 2012

ATLANTA - They started fast, their young legs making the Celtics’ more seasoned legs look, well, old. It was part of the Hawks’ plan, to take charge early, to shoot out to a big lead, to impose their will on a team that had been resting its starters in the final days of the regular season.

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