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ATLANTA -- Brandon Bass was back in the starting lineup on Saturday night, leading the Celtics to a victory. Bass had 17 points, seven rebounds and two key blocks and the Celtics surged past the Atlanta Hawks 94-87. "Hes had a tough week," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. "We took him out of the starting lineup. Tonight, we put him back in and he responded. He anchored our defence, especially in the fourth quarter." The Celtics, who had lost six straight, entered the fourth quarter trailing 74-64. But a strong defensive effort resulted in a stretch of 11 straight scoreless possessions for the Hawks at one point and just 13 points for Atlanta in the final quarter. "We have to be great defensively for us to have any success," Bass said. "We do not have All-Stars at the offensive end where we dont need to play defence. Everybody has to be on point on both sides of the ball for us to get wins." Al Horford led the Hawks with 18 points and seven rebounds, and Jeff Teague had 13 points and 10 assists. Atlanta had won four of five games before losing for just the second time this season at home. Trailing 85-84 with 3:17 to play, the Celtics scored seven straight to take a 91-85 lead with 46 seconds left. Jordan Crawford scored five points during the run, "When we were down, I was kind of the reason," said Crawford, who scored 10 of his 12 points in the fourth quarter. "I was the only one kind of struggling on offence, trying to find my shot. So I just wanted to make the effort to try to get to the hole, try to make a couple plays." The Hawks broke open a tight game by closing out the third quarter with a 17-5 run that gave them a 74-64 lead. Included in that run was a flagrant foul on Jared Sullinger that resulted in a three-point trip for the Hawks. Teague had six points and an assist to spark the Hawks, while the Celtics floundered on offence, missing six of their final seven field goal attempts in the quarter. It appeared as if a grueling stretch for the Celtics was catching up to them, as they were playing their fourth game in five nights in four different cities. Early in the fourth, however, the Celtics put together a 10-0 run to make it a one-point game with 5:28 to play. "It has really been quite a stretch (schedule-wise)," Stevens said. "(The Hawks) missed a few shots they normally make, and we played really well in the fourth quarter. If we dont have all hands on deck, its not pretty. We had all hands on deck tonight." The Celtics outrebounded the Hawks 47-38 and held the Hawks to 38.7 per cent shooting. "We showed great resolve," Bass said. "When things got tough, we stuck together. The losing streak was wearing on us. It was a great time to get a win." Avery Bradley had 12 points and five rebounds for the Celtics and limited Hawks Kyle Korver to just nine points. Vitor Faverani chipped in 11 points off the bench. "We need to get to the free throw line," said Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer, whose team was outshot 31-12 at the line. "Its a tough lesson to learn. Its a tough way to learn it. For three quarters, we were efficient and we were good. But we werent able to bring it home in the fourth quarter." Notes: Hawks guard Kyle Korver hit a three-pointer in the first quarter, giving him 87 straight games with a three. He is two games shy of Dana Barros NBA record of 89 straight. . Celtics rookie centre Kelly Olynyk, who has started six games and is averaging 7.5 points, did not make the trip to Atlanta due to a sprained ankle. He will miss at least two weeks. ... This was Bostons second win over a team with a winning record. The Celtics beat the Heat earlier this season, also on the road. Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys Online . 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Marcus Rashfords goal was the 100th Premier League goal scored by Manchester United under Louis van Gaal and its taken 68 games to get there. It was also the 250th goal United have scored in Manchester derbies in all competitions - and their 99th league goal away to Manchester City.United secured their 14th Premier League clean sheet of the season - putting them one ahead of City.Citys shortcoming this season has been against teams in the top half of the table. They have managed only three points from nine games against other members of the top six. The home game with Arsenal is their final chance to record a win over one of the teams currently in the top six.City have scored 93 goals in all competitions, but they have now failed to score in their last three (Norwich, Dynamo Kiev, Manchester United) and four of their last five.Manuel Pellegrini missed out on the chance to become the first City manager to win four Premier League derbies. The last City boss to do it in the league was Joe Mercer in 1970. He won five in a row. They also missed out on the chance to win three successive home league games against United, which hasnt happened since the four in a row between 1952 and 1955. Les McDowall was the manager back then.City have now lost five Premier League home games this season, equalling the amount theyve lost in the four previous seasons combined.Bastian Schweinsteiger was wearing No 31, is 31 years old and made his 31st appearance for United.Jesus Navas has not scored in his last 71 Premier league games, since January 2014 when he scored at home against Cardiff.Sergio Aguero played his 99th home game (scoring 80 home goals) for Manchester City and will reach his century against West Brom, live on Saturday Night Football.Finally, if you exclude Salford-born Paul Scholes, Rashford was the first Mancunian to score in a league derby for United since Andy Ritchie in a 3-0 win at Maine Road in February 1979.Penalty kings? Simon Mignolet of Liverpool saves a penalty from Sadio Mane Simon Mignolet saved another penalty for Liverpool at the weekend but who has kept out the most penalties in Premier League history? GregMARTIN SAYS: Simon Mignolet has now saved three of his last five penalties faced for Liverpool and five in total in his Premier League career, but hes still got some way to go to break into the top 10.Former Liverpool goalkeeper David James leads the way with 13 penalty saves in 572 Premier League games (including four for Liverpool - so fewer than Mignolet) while, Thomas Sorensen has saved 12 in 342 appearances. Premier League all-time penalty saves Player Saves David James 13 Thomas Sorensen 12 Mark Schwarzer 10 Brad Friedel 10 Rob Green 9 Shay Given 9 Jussi Jaaskelainen 9 Edwin van der Sar 8 As you can see from the table, Mark Schwarzer (10), Brad Friedel (10), Robert Green (9) and Shay Given (9) also have chalked up good records when charged with saving spot kicks.However, Mignolet is just one more penalty save away this season from joining Friedel, Mark Crossley and Ali Al Habsi in saving four penalties in one season.Crossley perhaps deserves the most credit of that group - when playing for Nottingham Forest in the 1998/99 season he saved four penalties from just five faced. He is clearly a specialist having saved an FA Cup Final penalty and is the only man to save a Matt Le Tissier penalty. More on Mr Le Tissier later in this column...Against the clock Harry Kane (left) scores the first of his two goals against Bournemouth Was Harry Kanes goal against Bournemouth the fastest in the Premier League this season? AndyMARTIN SAYS: Harry Kanes goal against Bournemouth came after 43 seconds, which makes it the second fastest of the season behind Kenedys strike 39 seconds into Chelseas clash with Norwich City in March.The corresponding fixture between Bournemouth and Tottenham also produced a quick-fire goal as Matt Ritchie gave the Cherries the lead with just 49 seconds played. Only one other Premier League goal has been scored inside 60 seconds this season and that came from Enner Valencia, who put West Ham in front against Manchester City with 53 seconds on the clock.Title-chasing Tottenham are the undisputed kings of the early goal this season as they feature three times in the top 10. Dele Alli took just 1m36secs to score against Norwich while Moussa Dembele fired Spurs in front on 2m20secs in February against Aston Villa.The quickest goal Ive commentated on this season was scored by Junior Stanislas for Bournemouth against Manchester United in December (1m40secs).Its widely accepted that the fastest goal in Premier League history was scored by Tottenham legend Ledley King after just 10 seconds against Bradford on December 9 in 2000.20-20 visionHow many English players have scored 20 goals in back-to-back seasons? Cant be many… Jamie Alan Shearer scored 30 or more goals for Blackburn in three consecutive seasons MARTIN SAYS: Harry Kane has joined some illustrious company by becoming the fifth English player to score 20 or more goals in consecutive seasons. Andy Cole (34 & 21 for Newcastle), Les Ferdinand (24 & 25 for Newcastle) and Robbie Fowler (25 & 28 for Liverpool) racked up consistent tallies but one man stands out above the crowd.All-time Premier League top goalscorer Alan Shearer, whose 260 goals in total is unlikely to be surpassed any time soon, managed to score 20 or more goals in four consecutive seasons between 1993/94 and 1996/97. Even more impressively, in three of those four seasons, Shearer managed to bag 30 or more goals as he tormented defences across the country for Blackburn Rovers. From the start of the 1993/94 season to the end of the 1995/96 season, Shearer scored an incredible 96 goals in 107 Premier League games.Matt Le Tissier can count himself unfortunate to not be among this list as he scored 25 goals in the 1993/94 season but - controversially - only officially scored 19 in the 1994/95 campaign. Some sources have Le Tissier scoring 20 that season, however our data shows that the goal in question was in fact an own goal by Crystal Palace goalkeeper Rhys Wilmot, who palmed a Le Tissier cross into his own net.ddddddddddddUnlucky, Matt!Six of the worst Crystal Palaces defeat to Leicester was their sixth in a row at home Crystal Palace lost for the sixth home game in a row on Saturday. Is this a Premier League record? JohnMARTIN SAYS: Alan Pardews men will be looking over their shoulders at the chasing relegation pack after their terrible run of results. They are the only team in the top four divisions of English football that are without a home win in 2016. Consecutive home defeats? Team Games Sunderland (2005) 10 Wolves (2012) 9 Bolton (2011) 7 Derby (2008) 7 Crystal Palace (1998) 6 Crystal Palace (2006) 6 QPR (2015) 6 Wigan (2007) 6 However, their run of straight defeats at Selhurst Park isnt the worst in Premier League history, in fact its only sixth on the list. The record is held by Sunderland during the 2005/06 season, where they lost 10 home games on the spin during their relegation season.Mick McCarthys men ended the season with just 15 points and managed to win just one of their 19 home matches, which is a joint Premier League record for the least amount of home wins in a season. They hold that record with Derby County, who during their disappointing 2007/08 season lost seven games on the bounce at Pride Park.Letting it slip Southampton came from 2-0 down to beat Liverpool Liverpool lost to Southampton having led 2-0 at half-time. How many times have Liverpool done that in the Premier League? John Atkins (Liverpool)MARTIN SAYS: This was the first time in Premier League history that Liverpool lost a game in which they were leading by two or more goals at half-time.They have led at the break by two or more goals on 115 previous occasions and won 112 of those matches, drawing the other three. The draws came against Manchester United (October 1992), Manchester City (May 1996) and Leicester (January 2015).Of the ever-present teams in the Premier League, Everton and Manchester United are now the only clubs to have yet to lose a game they led by two or more goals at half-time. Everton have led by two or more goals at half-time 77 times (W70 D7), while Man United have done so 149 times (W146 D3). Points recovered from losing positions Team Points gained Tottenham 18 West Ham 12 Leicester 11 Liverpool 11 Swansea 11 Southampton 10 Arsenal 9 West Brom 9 Chelsea 8 Sunderland 8 Everton 7 Manchester City 7 Newcastle 6 Crystal Palace 5 Stoke 5 Aston Villa 4 Bournemouth 4 Manchester United 4 Norwich 4 Watford 2 In turning the game at St Marys on its head, Southampton have now won 10 points from losing positions this season. However, its Tottenham that have won the most points from behind this campaign, amassing 18 points, identifying perfectly their never say die attitude. 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