He drilled both free throws to tie it at 87.
Wall refused to let the Wizards end another playoff series at home.
"There's a lot of plays in the game you might look at and wish you did something different", Bradley said. The Wizards fouled on Boston's initial attempt at a final play, leaving just 1.7 seconds on the clock, though video replays suggest they probably should have had additional time.
In the closing seconds of Boston's 92-91 buzzer-beating Game 6 loss to Washington, Bradley found himself on a defensive island of sorts trying to contain John Wall who's sort of like Usain Bolt with a jumper that works some of the time.
"To get on the scorer's table, it was for how much love I have for this city, how much love I have for my teammates, how much fight we have", Wall said.
Bradley Beal finished with a game-high 33 points and combined with Wall to score 23 of the Wizards' 26 points in the fourth quarter.
"We just came in with the mindset that we just wanted to play great", Wall said. Eat it Colin Cowherd.
Boston led by five points with 1:34 left in the game after guard Isaiah Thomas nailed a 25-foot three-point shot.
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Boston, which won Game 5 at home by 22 points, led Game 6 by 69-66 entering the fourth quarter, when a relatively blah game became much more compelling. That wouldn't have been an insurmountable deficit, but it wouldn't have been a cake walk either.
When the Celtics inbounded to Thomas off the timeout, Wall and Morris trapped Thomas into the corner, forcing a bad pass turnover.
But Bradley could do nothing defensively to stop Wall on the winning shot, coming off an inbound play that was created to get Beal the ball.
"All we asked for was one more game", Wall said, "and we got it". He [Isaiah Thomas] just made two big shots, so we had to get the ball out of his hand one way or another.
Now everyone will find out what Game 7 has in store. Coach said blitz him, he can't see over our guys.
Wall took huge steps this season toward becoming the Eastern Conference's best point guard, playing in his fourth consecutive All-Star Game and becoming the first player in National Basketball Association history to record at least 1,800 points, 800 assists, 150 steals and 50 blocks. "We worked too hard for this and all we asked for is a Game 7, 50-50". The victor will face the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals. Washington ran out in transition as Beal took the ball down court and stepped into his first three of the game. Had he not hit that shot, it would be the third time that he, Beal and Gortat would have lost in six games in the second round, and they surely would have felt like they were running in place. But if for some reason if Boston isn't able to get it done Monday night at home in Game 7 against the Wizards, there is still a lot more to look forward to.
After Washington's 92-91 victory extended the Eastern Conference semifinal, Wall offered his thoughts on Boston's failure to back up its fashion statement of wearing all black clothing to the arena Friday night.
Rashad has been covering the National Basketball Association and the Washington Wizards since 2008-his first two years were spent at Hoops Addict before moving to Truth About It. Rashad has appeared on ESPN and college radio, SportsTalk on NewsChannel 8 in Washington D.C., and his articles have appeared on ESPN TrueHoop, USAToday.com, Complex Magazine, and the DCist.
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