John Wall Confident Wizards Can Win Series, Isaiah Thomas Talks Refs Postgame

Based on how the Wizards carved up the Boston Celtics in consecutive wins, Washington is doing just that.

Isaiah Thomas, Al Horford and the Boston Celtics will be facing John Wall, Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards in Game 4 of their second-round series Eastern Conference Semifinal in the 2017 NBA Playoffs on Sunday night.

Nobody was expecting the Boston Celtics to sweep the Washington Wizards, so heading into game four with a 2-1 lead is a position everyone can be confident about. The series shifts back to Boston for Game 5 on Wednesday.

November 2016 – The Wizards’ superstar guard John Wall was assessed a flagrant 2 foul after clubbing Marcus Smart despite them already up by 20 in their very first meeting.

The Wizards shot 52.4 percent. 13 days later, the Wizards wore funeral attire as they buried the Celtics 123-108 in their third regular season matchup.

The Celtics organization released the statement on Friday revealing the injuries Thomas suffered in Game 1 of the second-round playoff series. Washington won a feisty Game 3, 116-89, after taking control with a 22-0 run in the first half.

WASHINGTON (AP) – One game into the playoffs, Paul Millsap said his Atlanta Hawks were playing basketball while the Washington Wizards were “playing MMA”. They also forced nine turnovers, which led to 21 points.

“We made quite a few mistakes early”, Brooks said. “We don’t like them and they don’t like us”. “We know right now that one of us has to die, essentially”. “He’s a small guy”. How can you make a shot? Porter had 18 points. C Marcin Gortat had 13 points and 16 rebounds.

The Wizards shot a total of 27 free throws on Sunday compared to 24 for Boston. The game was already a blowout in the second when Washington’s Kelly Oubre Jr. was ejected for charging and knocking over Kelly Olynyk after the Boston big man was called for an illegal screen.

Since watching Thomas light up Game 2 for 53 points, the Wizards have effectively silenced him in the District.

Washington would lead by as many as 26 points in the game and outscored the Celtics 237-191 in the two games in Washington. The Celtics have some adjustments to make, particularly in how they’re going to hide Isaiah Thomas on defense now that the Wizards coaches have caught on that posting up 6-foot-8-inch Otto Porter on him might be beneficial. He finished 7 of 14 from the field.

“They were very physical”, Thomas told reporters. “But I can’t be allowed to be held and grabbed every pin-down, every screen. Especially in that third quarter, I might have hit the ground like five or six straight times”, said Thomas. Michael Phelps a 23-time Olympic gold medalist, a Baltimore native attended Game 3.

After the game, Scott Brooks called that 26-0 run the best stretch of basketball the Wizards have played all season.

Boston flipped the script Sunday. While the Wizards are concerned about those leads slipping away, Stevens wants to avoid Boston getting “blitzed again”.

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.

Amir Johnson got his second start of the series and quickly picked up two fouls in the first five minutes.

Wizards: Bogdanovic made four of the seven 3-pointers he attempted, finishing with 19 points.