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Paul Millsap scored 19 points and Al Horford had 18 and 10
rebounds for Atlanta, who are top seeds in the East.
Playing their third straight game without injured All Star John
Wall, the Wizards trailed by nine with 3:40 remaining and
despite getting as close as 104-101 in the final seconds they
were unable to grab another last-gasp victory like they did in
Game Three.
Paul Pierce, who hit a buzzer-beating winner on Saturday, missed
a wide-open three-pointer with 6.9 seconds remaining.
Atlanta's Millsap sank two free throws for the final points with
less than a second left to ice the win.
The Hawks led 65-55 at halftime and withstood several rallies by
the fifth-seeded Wizards, who got 34 points from guard Bradley
Beal. Pierce scored 22 and had made five of six three-pointers
before his final miss.
Teague buried a three-pointer with 1:12 remaining to put the
Hawks up 104-97 after the Wizards scored five straight points to
pull within three.
Dennis Schroder scored 14 points for the Hawks as Atlanta's
bench outscored Washington's 32-17.
(Compiled by Cameron French; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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