Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Horford's late follow gives Hawks 82-81 win over Wizards (Yahoo Sports)

ATLANTA, GA - MAY 13: Al Horford #15 of the Atlanta Hawks shoots over Drew Gooden #90, Ramon Sessions #7, and Marcin Gortat #4 of the Washington Wizards during Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2015 NBA Playoffs at Philips Arena on May 13, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Al Horford snatched away an offensive rebound and dropped in the winning basket with 1.9 seconds left after Dennis Schroder's drive to the basket was blocked by John Wall, giving the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks an 82-81 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night and a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Paul Pierce, who made a buzzer-beating winner in Game 3, appeared to have doomed the Hawks again when his 3-pointer from the corner gave the Wizards an 81-80 lead with 8.3 seconds left. Pierce taunted the Hawks bench and home crowd on his way back down the court before bowling over Wall, who was playing for the first time since Game 1 after fracturing several bones in his left hand. The Hawks gave the ball to Schroder, who ignited a fourth-quarter rally and was still in the game with All-Star point guard Jeff Teague watching from the bench.




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