Game 7 in the East semifinals

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Aris Barkas

13/May/17 09:45

Eurohoops.net

After Washington’s 92-91 victory extended the Eastern Conference semifinal to a Game 7 thanks to a 3-pointer by John Wall with 3.5 seconds left, the star of the night offered his thoughts on Boston’s failure to back up its fashion statement of wearing all black clothing to the arena Friday night.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

“It was just funny to me. It was kind of copy-catting what we did,” said Wall, whose Wizards donned dark outfits before a regular-season game between these teams that are building a rivalry. “It was in my mind throughout the game that I didn’t want them to come here, wear all black, and basically call it a funeral.”

Wall finished with 26 points, Bradley Beal scored a game-high 33, and they combined for 23 of Washington’s 26 points in the back-and-forth fourth quarter.

Polish big man Marcin Gortat added 3 points and 13 rebounds, French Ian Mahinmi added 6 points and Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic 4. Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley each scored 27 points for Boston, the conference’s No. 1 seed.

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