Even though the Celtics have their noses in front so far, the Wizards have the chance to level things up in front of their home crowd tonight.
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WASHINGTON -? Wizards forward Kelly Oubre says "reoccurring events" of being hit in the head caused the outburst that got him ejected from Thursday's Game 3 win over the Boston Celtics. Thomas said the Celtics tried to match that, but the refs were punishing them while giving Washington a pass.
The Washington Wizards earned their first win Thursday night in the fierce Eastern Conference semifinals against the Boston Celtics as the bad blood continues to grow heading into Game 4 of the 2017 National Basketball Association playoffs especially after Kelly Oubre Jr. was ejected for pushing Kelly Olynck.
Yet two of the final three games in this series are at TD Garden, where the Wizards haven't won since April 16, 2014. "We'll make the adjustments as a team, I'll watch film, I'll make the adjustments myself and see where I can pick them apart", Thomas told reporters after the loss.
Washington never led by 50, but after trailing 53-48 early in the third it was 74-53 by the time Porter made a layup with 5 minutes left in the quarter.
John Wall added 27 points and 12 assists for Washington.
Other coaches who received votes from their peers were Washington's Scott Brooks, Memphis' David Fizdale, Golden State's Steve Kerr, Milwaukee's Jason Kidd, San Antonio's Gregg Popovich, the Los Angeles Clippers' Doc Rivers and Utah's Quin Snyder. "We've got some good shooters on the wings and we have to take advantage of that, but it doesn't work if we don't lock in on the defensive end". We were just having fun. In the second half, Beal took on the responsibility of guarding Celtics star Isaiah Thomas, holding him to only four points in the second half. "Their attack in transition killed us".
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Like Thomas, he too was more aggressive in terms of his defense, rebounding and playmaking. "That's the bottom line: We have to play better out of the gate than we've played".
Well, Boston did put it past them.
"It's just been a lot of hard fouls that you're used to seeing back in the old days' playoffs", Wall said. "We feel like we can win there".
It's not surprising that the Wizard figured things out at the Verizon Center, as they have been playing significantly better basketball at home this season.
"The calls should definitely be a little more even".
"I think they were locked into him the whole game, but, obviously more so after the barrage of threes", Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. He said he knew he had to be aggressive, and Brooks was never anxious about the All-Star guard losing his confidence or passing up good looks.
"I mean, 26-0 in the playoffs, that's why we lost", Thomas said. Fans chanted "Kelly Oubre!" on a few occasions as Olynyk finished 5 of 9 for 14 points. The Wizards locked in defensively especially, forcing two 24-second shot clock violations during that stretch particularly and scoring 21 points off nine Boston turnovers overall in the quarter. All the while, Washington strung together a 26-0 run that turned the contest into a blowout. When he left the game the Wizards trailed by five points. Porter had 18 points.
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