Hawks haven't won an overtime game in 25 months

Atlanta's Game 4 meltdown wasn't a surprise to anyone who's followed the Hawks over the last three years.

Sunday marked Atlanta's ninth straight overtime loss - a streak that includes three playoff defeats - as the Boston Celtics came back to tie the series at two games each. In total, 25 months have passed since the Hawks last won a game in the extra frame.

After the Hawks led for nearly the entirety of Sunday's second half, an improbable flurry from Marcus Smart turned a 16-point deficit into an advantage for Boston late in the game.

But the collapse wasn't entirely engineered by the Celtics. The Hawks still had a shot at the win in regulation - and this is what they did with it:

Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer explained after the game that point guard Jeff Teague simply mishandled the ball, but it's only a drop in the bucket of Atlanta's late-game woes.

Teague's airball marked the 13th straight miss by the Hawks inside of one second to win or tie, according to Mike Conti of 92.9 The Game.

Instead of heading back to Philips Arena with a 3-1 lead, the Hawks headed to overtime in a hostile venue, and their struggles continued.

Willed on by a raucus TD Garden crowd, the Celtics smothered the Hawks 12-3 in overtime to come away with the win.

Never mind Paul Millsap's dominance in the paint (he scored 45 points) - the Hawks went away from the interior in order to toss up hopeless threes. Eight of their 11 field-goal attempts in the extra frame were launched from beyond the arc against just one shot in the paint and zero free throws.

As the saying goes: "Never Trust The Hawks."