By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Back at home, and back in charge, Bradley Beal scored 27 points, and Wall added 20 points and 14 assists, leading Washington to a 103-99 victory in Game 5 for a 3-2 series lead.
Polish center Marcin Gortat added 5 points and 10 rebounds, while Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic scored 14 points off the bench. For Atlanta, German point guard Dennis Schroder led the Hawks with 29 points, making a career high-tying 5 threes and 11 assists, while Spaniard Jose Calderon and Turk Ersan Ilyasova added 2 points each.
Avery Bradley scored 24 points to lead Boston to a 108-97 victory over Chicago and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Isaiah Thomas also scored 24 for the Celtics, the top seed in the East, and Sweden’s Jonas Jerebko added 2 points. For the losing side Spaniard Nikola Mirotic had 6 points and German Paul Zipser added 5.