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Saturday, May 16, 2015
The spell is broken: the first time in nearly half a century the Atlanta Hawks reached youngster Dennis Schröder the playoff semifinals of the NBA. For a feat makes MVP Stephen Curry of the Golden State, which meets from incredible 19 meters.
The Atlanta Hawks have in the North American professional basketball league NBA with the German international Dennis Schröder 45 years reached the semifinals for the first time, thereby ending a black series. The best preliminary round of the East team won the sixth playoff quarterfinals at the Washington Wizards 94:91 and won thus in the series “Best of Seven”. 4: 2
The Hawks, where Schröder 22: was 10 minutes for the floor, scoring nine points, meet in the semifinal at the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James. The Cavs had against the Chicago Bulls with 4: 2 enforced. Game One will be played on Wednesday in Atlanta.
Drama with the final siren
Schroeder’s team was most recently in 1970 with the top four teams in the league, then the Hawks played in the Western Conference. After changing to the East for the following season 1970/71 Atlanta attracted a total of 15 times a the Conference Semifinals. The next step but never succeeded until Friday night – and this only after a large Aufreger with the final siren
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Because there had Washington’s Allstar Paul. Pierce with a triple to the supposed 94: 94 Compensation met and the hall is transformed into a cauldron. But the joy in the camp of the Wizards did not last long. A review showed that the ball should have been a tenth too long in the hands of Pierce, as the siren sounded. “The basketball gods were on our side today,” said Atlanta’s top scorer Démarre Carroll (25 points / 10 rebounds).
Golden State fights semifinals
In addition to the Hawks also reached the Golden State Warriors in six games, the semi-finals. The team from the California Oakland took at the Memphis Grizzlies with a 108: 95 the necessary fourth success. For Golden State, it is the first semi-final since 1976. ‘/ P>
For the throw of the day saw Stephen Curry, the MVP of the regular season. The point guard of the Warriors snatched by a block the ball close to their own three-point line and scored from a distance of around 19 meters in the opponent’s basket. “Halfway I said, the thing goes in,” said Golden State coach Steve Kerr.
In the West finals, the Warriors wait for the winner of the quarter-final duel between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Houston Rockets (play-off state: 3: 3), who had thrown in the first playoff round Ex-champion Dallas Mavericks and the German superstar Dirk Nowitzki out of the title race
Source: n-tv.de
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