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Pierce's buzzer-beater lifts Wizards over Hawks

Yahoo Sports | May 10, 2015

Related Topics: Atlanta Hawks, Paul Pierce, Memphis Grizzlies, California, Eastern Conference (NBA)

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Paul Pierce of the Washington Wizards puts up the game shot over Kent Bazemore of the Atlanta Hawks to the give the Wizards a 103-101 win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2015 NBA Playoffs at Verizon Center on May 9, 2015 (AFP Photo/Rob Carr)

Washington (AFP) - Paul Pierce banked in the game-winner to lift the short-handed Washington Wizards to a 103-101 NBA playoff victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

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Pierce's heroics gave the Wizards a two-games-to-one lead over Eastern Conference top seeds Atlanta in their best-of-seven second-round series -- and spared Washington what would have been an embarrassing defeat in a game they led by 21 points in the fourth quarter.

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