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Basketball Washington Wizards in the sixth game of the Eastern Conference semifinals NBA succumbed to the Atlanta Hawks at home 91:94. Competition play off lost 2-4, which means for them the end of the season. Marcin Gortat received for defeated two points and three rebounds.
As the meeting number five in Atlanta, so everything resolved the in the final seconds. At the score of 93:91 for “the Hawk” for 6.4 seconds before the end of the meeting Dominikańczyk Al Horford perform two free throws. He hit only the second and “Wizards” have a chance to bring into overtime.
After rozrysowaniu shares by coach Randy Wittman ball he received specialist in distance shots from Paul Pierce. 37-year-old veteran had deceived him past Kyle Korver and hit for three points. The joy of fans and athletes hosts lasted only for a moment. Judges after analyzing the video recordings have resolved that the ball has left the hand thrower fraction of a second after it on the blackboard light came on signaling the end of the meeting. Points not included.
Atlanta advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1970. Wizards lead in the series 2-1, they lost three consecutive meetings and eliminated from the competition. It was the seventh consecutive time in the history of the club with Washington that failed to win in the playoffs at home meeting, which was threatened with elimination.
After the match, number six also dropped out a year before, while also competed with the team seeded at number one in the conference. Then, also on May 15 in the hall Verizon Center, losing to the Indiana Pacers 80:93.
On Friday, Wizards fought a heroic duel to stay in the game. For most of the match the conditions dictated basketball coach Mike Budenholzera, the best coach in the NBA this season.
The first quarter although the hosts won 20:19, but the break was already 45:39 rivals, and in the middle of the third views the guests received even a 15-point lead (62:47).
An ambitious pursuit of “Wizards” but he allowed them to make up for the losses, and even go out for a one-point lead. At 3.20 min. before the end of the meeting with a beneficial outcome for them 88:87 Brazilian winger Nene has not used two free throws. In the following capital actions team missed extending the lead. At the score of 88:89 for the 1.14 before the end of its leader John Wall took advantage of only one foul. At the last minute the visitors responded with two consecutive shares kończonymi before DeMarre Carroll and the conduct longer distance.
Most points for the Wizards won Bradley Beal – 29; Wall, playing with an injured hand, has made 20 and 13 assists; French and reserve center Kevin Seraphin – 13 points, which is his record in the playoffs and eight rebounds.
The team score stood out Carroll – 25 (record in playoffs) and 10 Coll., Jeff Teague and Paul Millsap – 20 (the latter also 13 Coll.) And Horford – 13.
Gortat was the only one of the top five players Wizards efforts of colleagues, catching-loss and the end of fighting for victory, watched from the bench. Polak played one of the weakest meetings in the playoffs the last two years.
He was on the court only 12 minutes (the shortest of all the matches play off for the team from Washington) scored two points in the first effective action “Wizards” in the game, hit only one of four shots from the game. He had three collection (one of two in the defense and in attack). In both of these elements is his lowest output in this year’s playoffs. He enrolled in the statistics as a loss and a foul.
Since the beginning of the meeting was very aggressive, sluggish, distracted. Hence, after a few minutes, although usually played the entire first quarter, he was replaced by Seraphina, not at all playing in the three previous meetings, which in this match could be his role model valor and activity.
In the Eastern Conference finals Hawks will meet with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who a day earlier, also in sixth meeting, ended the rivalry with the Chicago Bulls. The first match on Wednesday in Atlanta.
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