ATLANTA (AP) – The Hawks are back in the series, and the bad blood with the Washington Wizards shows no signs of letting up.
Paul Millsap scored 29 points, Dennis Schroder had 27 and Atlanta delivered an early knockout blow in a 116-98 victory Saturday, slicing the Wizards’ lead to 2-1 in the opening-round playoff matchup.
After two tight losses in Washington exposed plenty of ill feelings between the teams , Millsap and Washington’s Markieff Morris continued to go at it in Game 3.
“He’s a crybaby,” Morris said afterward. “You get all the calls when you’re a crybaby. That’s how it went tonight.”
Those comments were quickly relayed to Millsap at the postgame news conference.