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15 May, 2015

Hawks 94-91 Wizards Game 6

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The Hawks win 94-91. Carroll scores 25 points, Teague scores 20 points and Millsap scores 20 points. Beal scores 29 points for the Wizards. Atlanta wins East Semifinal Series 4-2. Korver on Game 6:

It went in and it’s just like, `You’ve got to be kidding me. That did NOT just happen’. I thought he got it off. I was getting ready for overtime. And then … you’re like, ‘Heeeeyyyy! All right! We’ll take it!’.

Carroll:

I was about to cry. I said, `Not again.’ … But the basketball gods were on our side.

Coach Wittman:

I still feel, and I know our guys feel, we should have won this series.

1 May, 2015

Hawks 111-87 Nets Game 6

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The Hawks win 111-87. Millsap scores 25 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Korver scores 20 points and Carroll scores 20 points. Lopez scores 19 points for the Nets. Atlanta wins East First Round Series 4-2.

Carroll on wins Series:

We believe. and we believe that when we are playing the right way, as you seen tonight, we can beat anybody.

Korver:

We didn’t play that well the first three games. I didn’t think we had our edge. I think coming here and losing two kind of woke of us.

Williams on Nets loss:

We wanted to make the playoffs. We did, and we thought we put up a great effort against this team that’s the best in the East.

29 Apr, 2015

Hakws 107-97 Nets Game 5

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The Hawks win 107-97. Carroll scores 24 points,Horford scores a double-double ( 20 points and 15 rebounds) Teague scores 20 points and Korver scores 17 points. Anderson scores 23 points and Johnson scores 18 points. Atlanta leads East First Round Series 3-2.

Carroll on Game 5 performance:

It’s the playoffs. You don’t have injuries in the playoffs.

Horford:

The playoffs are a new season.

Korver:

This was a game we really wanted to get.

Coach Hollins on Game 5 loss:

They knocked us back in the beginning. But we fought back.

27 Apr, 2015

Nets 120-115 Hawks Game 4

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The Nets win 120-115. Williams scores 35 points, Lopez scores 26 points and 10 rebounds. Teague scores 20 points, 11 assists, Carroll scores 20 points and Korver scores 16 points,11 rebounds for the Hawks. The Nets are tied 2-2 in the East First Round Series.

Williams on Game 4:

We really needed to get this one to stay in the series. and so it was definitely one of my better games this year for sure and probably as a Net.

Coach Budenholzer on Hawks loss:

This is what the playoffs are all about. What we expect is to be challenged, and this is a great challenge for us.

Coach Hollins on Game 4 win:

What a basketball game that was. To me, that’s what playing this sport is all about.

 

25 Apr, 2015

Nets 93-81 Hawks Game 3

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The Nets win 93-81. Lopez scores 22 points, 13 rebounds, Young scores 18 points and 11 rebounds and Bogdanovic scores 19 points. Carroll scores 22 points and Millsap scores a double-double (18 points and 17 rebounds). Atlanta leads East First Round Series 2-1.

Coach Budenholzer on Game 3 loss:

I think they’re a confident group, just like we are. It’s the playoffs. I think they’ve played well really for stretches from the beginning and it’s going to be a series.

Horford:

From the beginning of the game, they had more of an edge than we did. This was a big game for them and they came out and handled their business.

Korver on Game 3:

I didn’t get any good looks early and I tried to force a couple late. I need to be better on Monday.

22 Apr, 2015

Hawks 96-91 Nets Game 2

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The Hawks win 96-91. Millsap scores 19 points, Horford scores a double-double (14 points, 13 rebounds) and Korver scores 17 points. Jack scores 23 points and Lopez scores 20 points for the Nets. Atlanta leads the East First Round Series 2-0.

Horford:

We’re kind of playing on the edge right now…Once the game started, I was good.

Coach Budenholzer:

We feel fortunate that we made just enough plays, just enough stops.

Jack on Nets loss:

All is not lost. Our confidence is high.

19 Apr, 2015

Hawks 99-92 Nets Game 1

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The Hawks win 99-92. Korver scores 21 points, Carroll scores 17 points. Johnson scores 17 points, Lopez scores 17 points for the Nets. Atlanta leads East First Round Series 1-0. Millsap on his teammates:

It’s going to be tough to just blow teams out. It’s the playoffs. You expect them to hang in there and fight hard.

Coach Hollins:

If you don’t believe you can play in this series, you should believe it now.

Johnson on the Nets’ loss:

This is going to be a tough series. This is one game. We’ve got to put it behind us.

On Hawks’ crowd boos:

It didn’t affect me. I pretty much expect it.

7 Apr, 2015

Hawks 96-69 Suns

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The Hawks win 96-69. Muscala scores 16 points and Horford scores 14 points. Green scores 15 points for the Suns. Korver on winning more regular-season games than any Hawks team.:

It’s not our goal. It’s just one of the things as we’re chasing our ultimate goal. Things like this can happen. It’s definitely something to be proud of.

Carroll:

I don’t think we were thinking about the franchise record, We were just trying to turn it up and get a sense of urgency. The playoffs are right around the corner, and we want to have a good rhythm going into it.

Coach Hornacek:

We played hard in stretches, but they kept coming, Their bench comes in there and plays just as hard. They had some energy guys, and we didn’t. In the second half, they just kept going and going.