NBA - Jazz, Cavs advance but Hawks upset Celtics again
ATLANTA (NBA) - The Utah Jazz and Cleveland Cavaliers finally clinched their first-round play-off series on Friday but the Atlanta Hawks forced a deciding seventh game against Boston after beating the Celtics. Marvin Williams led a balanced scoring attack with 18 points as the Hawks won at the Philips Arena over the Celtics, 103-100. No one expected ...
ATLANTA (NBA) - The Utah Jazz and Cleveland Cavaliers finally clinched their first-round play-off series on Friday but the Atlanta Hawks
forced a deciding seventh game against Boston after beating the Celtics.
Marvin Williams led a balanced scoring attack with 18 points as the Hawks won at the Philips Arena over the Celtics, 103-100.
No one expected the Hawks to challenge Boston after winning just 37 of their 82 regular-season contests.
Utah led by just four points at half-time but outscored Houston 27-11 in the third quarter and marched to victory.
Team USA's Deron Williams had 25 points and nine assists for the Jazz who take on the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference
semi-finals.
LeBron James, who will captain the United States this summer at the Beijing Games, had 27 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists as Cleveland
defeated Washington 105-88.
Cleveland await the winner of Boston's series with Atlanta.
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