The Washington Wizards survived a self-induced scare Saturday, barely holding off the Atlanta Hawks bench in a 103-101 victory at the Verizon Center.
The Wizards led by 19 at the close of the third quarter and stretched it to 21 at one point in the fourth. Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer seemingly waved the white flag and removed his starters from the game with seven minutes left.
To the surprise of probably everyone but the Hawks on the floor, the reserves went on a furious run to completely eliminate the deficit. The game-tying bucket was a three from seldom-used Mike Muscala, as NBA.com/Stats noted:
But in true Paul Pierce fashion, The Truth prevailed in the clutch. Pierce hit a game-winning, banked-in jump shot over three players to give the Wizards a 2-1 edge in the series, which the NBA's official Twitter account noted:
A trio of Wizards helped establish the big lead in the first place, scoring 17 points each. Nene went 7-of-9 from the field, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out four assists. Bradley Beal was 6-of-15 and had eight assists. Otto Porter went 7-of-15, grabbed nine boa ...
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