Wizards 104-98 Hawks Game 1

The Wizards win 104-98. Beal scores 28 points, Wall scores a double-double (18 points and 13 assists) and Pierce scores 19 points. Carroll scores 24 points, Horford scores 17 points, 17 rebounds for the Hawks. Washington leads East Semifinals Round 1-0.

Wall on Game 1 victory:

Just withstanding adversity. We know they’re going to come out and give us a punch right away.

Coach Wittman:

We kept talking about it’s a long game. We got better and better and better.

Horford on Game 1 loss:

Our pace was better in the first half. Maybe in the second half, we were just tired or whatever.