Night May Set Up Next NBA Conference Finalists
At 8:30 pm EDT, the Atlanta Hawks welcomes the Philadelphia76ers. With a 3-2 match for the Hawks, a win today puts the team into the East Coast final. The Sixers have no choice but to win to force Game 7.
Atlanta arrives with morale for the duel, after the epic comeback in the last game. Playing away from home, in front of 18,600 people, the Hawks beat the Sixers by 109 to 106. The detail is that Atlanta’s time was 26 points behind in the third period, but reacted in an unbelievable way. In the last 14 minutes of the match, the Hawks made 46 to 19.
Lou Williams came in during the third quarter, when the game looked lost for the Hawks, and led the way. He scored 15 points in 22 minutes and was an important player in the comeback. Another one who stood out was the young Trae Young, who scored the match, with 39 points.
Statistics Game 5
Sixers
Joel Embiid (37 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks)
Seth Curry (36 points, 7 rebounds, 7 baskets of three)
Ben Simmons (8 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 4/14 on free throws)
Tobias Harris (4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2/11 in court shooting)
Hawks
Trae Young (39 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, 17/19 in free throws)
John Collins (19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks)
Danilo Gallinari (16 points, 8 rebounds)
Lou Williams (15 points)
Clint Chapel (6 points, 8 rebounds)
Bogdan Bogdanovic (6 points in 21 minutes / foul problem)
Later, at 23 (GMT), it will be the turn of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Utah Jazz to face each other, in California, for the West Coast semifinal. In case the Clippers win, a team advances to the final to face the Suns. Jazz will try to triumph to force Game 7
Kawhi Leonard remains out of combat. In the last game, Paulo Jorge took the lead and was the scorer of the match. The shirt 13 finished with 37 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists and led the team to victory alongside Marcus Morris, who had 24 points, and Reggie Jackson, who scored 20 points and shone in the 4th period.
Statistics Game 5
Jazz
Bojan Bogdanovic (32 points, 9 goals from three)
Donovan Mitchell (21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 three-pointers)
Rudy Gobert (17 points, 10 rebounds)
Jordan Clarkson (15 points, 4 baskets of three)
Clippers
Paul George (37 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists)
Marcus Morris (25 points)
Reggie Jackson (22 points)
Terance Mann (13 points)
