"I think this game is on me and just execution on my part has to be better," Holiday said. The post Jrue Holiday takes accountability for late-game miscues Celtics’ collapse against the Hawks appeared first on Boston.

The Celtics nearly blew one win already this past week with brutal crutch time execution. A repeat performance on Saturday night was enough to sink them this time around. The Celtics had the ball and a three-point lead in the final 20 seconds of regulation but still blew the lead and eventually the game in a 119-115 overtime loss to the Hawks.

Scattershot shooting and poor late-game execution doomed the shorthanded Celtics on Saturday night. Playing without big men Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford, Boston squandered a three-point lead in the final 20 seconds of regulation and lost to the Atlanta Hawks 119-115 in overtime at TD Garden.