The turkey certainly won't taste that good to the Celtics on this holiday. Not after the club had a helping of the Hawks last night.

The Celts had to be thankful for the fact Atlanta was playing on the second night of a back-to-back set, but they looked the advantage in the mouth and coughed up a 92-85 loss.

The C's rejected the same alleged edge when they fell in Atlanta four nights prior. But getting the Hawks on the road was supposed to be an even greater aid to the Bostonians. Atlanta came in 0-7 away from home this season and had not won on the road in its previous 21 starts. The Hawks' last away win came last Feb. 18 at Golden State.