Atlanta Hawks forward Kent Bazemore (24) fouls Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat (13) during the second half of Game Five of the NBA Playoffs First Round at the Verizon Center on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. From there, quality team defense held the Hawks scoreless over the final seconds of the game to seal the Wizards victory.
Washington Wizards regained control of its first round National Basketball Association playoff series, defeating Atlanta Hawks 103-99 on Wednesday riding on a 27-point performance by Bradley Beal.
Washington shot around 49 percent on contested field goals in games 1, 2, and 3.
"For all the kids out there, man, you've got to practice that in the backyard", Millsap said.
Washington can reach the conference semifinals by winning Game 6 at Atlanta on Friday night.
Norman Powell, starting for the second time in the best-of-seven series, scored 25 points for the Raptors, who will try to clinch the series in Milwaukee tomorrow. "We know they have an awesome crowd".
They have it going now.
"We got to see what we can do". I thought the Wizards were in control of things, and I still think they should win this series, but tonight's game is key-a win tonight and the Wizards are odds-on to finish it at home in game five, a loss and it's a real slog. Small sample size and hyperbole alerts apply to this but in 3 playoff appearances, averaging 30 minutes a game, Prince is shooting an outstanding 62.1 FG% good for 14.0 points per game. All three of the shots, however, were three-pointers. He's an athletic player who attacks the basket, and Prince's shot is getting better the more he plays. He gives a great effort and an honest day's work. He was aggressive on both ends of the court and put in his best game of the series thus far.
Game 3 marked a shift in the series with Atlanta finally showing the necessary mental focus.
Among the silly trash talking is the four-time All-Star John Wall who is averaging an incredible 28.8 points along with 10 assists and shooting 50.7 percent from the field.
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If the Wizards intend to survive beyond this series, their scoring twosome would need to expand at least to a trio.
With the Cleveland Browns selecting first in Thursday's National Football League draft, Lue was asked if he might tune in to see whom they select. He rebounded to hit five 3s and had 32 points in 39 minutes of action.
Or me. When the Hawks play as they did Monday, they're balanced in a way Washington will never be.
Hawks guard Dennis Schroder scored a game-high 29 points with 11 assists, while forward Paul Milsap added 21 points and 11 rebounds. You look at John Wall who shoots one free throw.
"Schroder had an awesome three-point night tonight", Brooks said at the podium.
Millsap grabbed an offensive rebound and managed to get the shot off while falling on his backside. This chart conveys drives per game in the regular season versus the playoffs. Instead, the Hawks passed the ball around until Tim Hardaway Jr. had to settle for a meaningless 3-point attempt with time expiring. (Jose Calderon: Immense.) As mentioned elsewhere, that second quarter stands as the biggest moment of this series.
Otto Porter and Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in 17 and 14 points, respectively.
The Wizards avoided the dismal start that essentially ruined their hopes in Game 3 before the first quarter was done.
"We should have tried to score a lot sooner", Hardaway said. "We do a terrific job of focusing at home, we just have to carry it on the road with us". They beat us in both games.
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