Wide open, he pointed his feet, raised his elbow and released the 3-pointer.
Washington Wizards' John Wall was remarkable in the Wizards' Game 1 114-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, leading the Wizards to an early 1-0 series lead as the 2017 National Basketball Association playoffs are in full swing.
Wall scored 15 points in the third quarter and finished with 14 assists in the best playoff performance of his young career.
John Wall is the best player on the Wizards, and while he has a strong supporting cast, he's the clear top dog.
"This is my house", Wall said about the play.
It has become just that in the last four years. "That's high level All-Star game". He's not the best big man in the league like he used to be, and he's also not the seriously inconsistent potential locker room cancer he was at times during his stint with the Rockets.
Washington made it clear that they were going establish themselves as the tougher team in this series.
At the postgame podium Sunday, he sat in a folding chair with his always-on-him black sunglasses tucked in a pocket. Seed No. 2 - the defending champ, no less - would have lost had C.J. Miles made his makeable shot. It was evident Sunday.
While there are only seven former Cats in this year's National Basketball Association playoffs, it may not be too long before United Kingdom fans get to witness Karl-Anthony Towns go head-to-head against DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis in a high stakes playoff matchup.
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"I just got to be more aggressive", Millsap said. He has thrived under head coach Scott Brooks' teachings and has finally tapped into his star potential. And you definitely see it in Morris, who amplifies the Wizards' style of play with his ability to double as a power forward with perimeter skills and an old-school enforcer toughness. "Let him take over the game".
This was a turnabout for Wall against Atlanta. The final score of 114-107 does not reflect how well the Washington Wizards dominated the floor.
Washington has not gotten past the Eastern Conference Semifinals since Wall came to the nation's capital in 2010.
Hawks broadcast partners FOX Sports Southeast and SportsRadio 92.9 The Game will carry playoff contests locally. The loss at Atlanta was the start of a three-game season-opening losing streak for the Wizards.
Wall's work Sunday undid a brutish first half. That home win was the first of 17 straight home wins for the Wizards, the second longest streak in franchise history. Once Washington was able to keep them off the line a bit in the second half, the entire complexion of the game changed. Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder have been good wing shooters (both 39+ percent from three) and adding Al Horford has given them a different dimension; they are a much better team with him out there despite unspectacular stats. He scored five points in each of the first two quarters and managed to get under Hawks forward Paul Millsap's usually calm demeanor to the point where the two exchanged words heading off the court at halftime.
Millsap called it "just two guys playing hard - just two guys playing hard".
Morris statistically outperformed Millsap during the regular-season meetings and did so again in the playoff opener.
Morris made life hard for Paul Millsap all game.
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