Truth About It · Apr 17, 2017
Wizards-Hawks Game 1: Washington Wins, But Not Without Red Flags
As Bradley Beal said after the opening battle against Atlanta, the name of the game is to be the first to win four, and the Wizards took that initial step by defeating the Hawks 114-107 at the Verizon Center on Sunday afternoon.
John Wall scored 32 points with 14 assists and took over the game in the third quarter, when he had 15 points, four assists and the crowd in the palms of his hands. Beal stepped up in the fourth quarter, scoring 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting, after only hitting four of his 13 shots over the first three periods. And Markieff Morris had 21 points and seemingly all of them came at the expense of poor Paul “MMA” Millsap.