The NBA playoffs standings has the Atlanta Hawks leading the Washington Wizards 3-2 in the second round series in the eastern conference and the team can make it into the semifinals with a win on Friday and they can win the series 4-2 in Game 6, while the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies play Game 6 with the Warriors in position to advance.
The Hawks were the best team in the east in the regular season and they are now leading the series 3-2 heading into the game on Friday. The series has been very close and Washington had chances to win in Game 5, but the Hawks were able to pull it out late. Al Horford put back the winning basket with seconds left and Paul Pierce missed the final shot after previously winning in Game 4 in the final seconds.
The Wizards have been putting up a big fight and now they will try and extend the series a bit more and if they win, they will make it to Game 7. Bradley Beal comes in after leading the team in scoring with 23 points and he also added seven rebounds and four assists. Otto Porter had 10 rebounds and John Wall had seven assists, but the team could not pull out the win.
Horford led the way with 23 points for the Hawks, while Dennis Schroder had seven assists. Horford had 11 rebounds in the game and he put in the winning basket and now the Hawks will try and finish things off. The Warriors and the Grizzlies are playing in Game 6 and the Grizz are trying to stay alive with the Warriors in the lead. Marc Gasol had 18 points and 12 rebounds in the blowout loss against the Warriors and now the team will try and win in Memphis.
On the other side of the east bracket, the Cavaliers have taken care of the Chicago Bulls and they are into the conference finals. This is the first time the team has been in the playoffs since James left the first time and now he has the team into the finals in the east. James took the team to the NBA finals and lost to the Spurs while with the Cavaliers and now he is trying to win a title here. The Hawks are the top threat for the Cavs, but many see Cleveland as the favorite.
James comes in after putting up 11 assists in the last game of the series and he has been great down the back stretch for the team. James and the Cavs blew out the Bulls with a 94-73 win and Matthew Dellavedova led the team with 19 points, while Tristan Thompson had 17 rebounds. The Bulls got 20 points from Jimmy Butler and six assists from Derrick Rose and now the attention turns to Tom Thibodeau and his future.