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Beal Leads Well-Rested Wizards Past Hawks 104-98 In Game 1
BEAUTY UNLIMITED
LAYNA
This week’s Beauty Unlimited feature is Layna. This young lady has been modeling for about a year now, and has been lucky to have worked with top photographers in a number of test shootings. Layna said it has been her dream to model for quite some time, and she doesn’t in- tend to back off now. As a matter of fact, Layna said she will be turning up the heat on her career. Congratula- tions to Layna as this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature.
EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta Hawks (1) vs. Washington Wizards (5)
Game 1 — Wizards 104, Hawks 98
Game 2 — May 5 at Atlanta (8, TNT)
Game 3 — May 9 at Washington (5, ESPN) Game 4 — May 11 at Washington (7, TNT) Game 5 — May 13 at Atlanta (TBA, TNT) Game 6 — May 15 at Washington (TBA, ESPN) Game 7 — May 18 at Atlanta (7, TNT)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2)( vs. Chicago Bulls (3)
Game 1 — May 4 at Cleveland (7, TNT) Game 2 — May 6 at Cleveland (7, TNT) Game 3 — May 8, at Chicago (8, ESPN) Game 4 — May 10 at Chicago (3:30, ABC) Game 5 — May 12 at Cleveland (TBA, TNT) Game 6 — May 14 at Chicago (TBA, ESPN) Game 7 — May 17 at Cleveland (TBA, TNT)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Golden State Warriors (1) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (5)
Game 1 — Warrior 101, Grizzlies 86
Game 2 — May 5 at Golden State (10:30, TNT) Game 3 — May 9 at Memphis (8, ABC)
Game 4 — May 11 at Memphis (9:30, TNT) Game 5 — May 13 at Golden State (TBA, TNT) Game 6 — May 15 at Memphis (TBA, ESPN) Game 7 — May 17 at Golden State (TBA, TBA)
Houston Rockets (2) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (3)
Game 1 — May 4 at Houston (9:30, TNT)
Game 2 — May 6 at Houston (9:30, TNT)
Game 3 — May 8 at Los Angeles (10:30, ESPN) Game 4 — May 10 at Los Angeles (8:30, TNT) Game 5 — May 12 at Houston (TBA, TNT) Game 6 — May 14 at Los Angeles (TBA, ESPN) Game 7 — May 17 at Houston (TBA, TBA
ATLANTA - After resting up for the past week, the Wash- ington Wizards merely had to withstand Atlanta's early pace. Once the Hawks ran out of gas, Bradley Beal and the Wizards took control.
Just call them the road war- riors.
Beal shook off a sprained ankle to score 28 points and streaking Washington re- mained unbeaten in the post- season, knocking off top-seeded Atlanta 104-98 Sunday in Game 1 of the East- ern Conference semifinals.
It was another gritty per- formance by the Wizards, who
improved to 8-1 on the road in the playoffs over the past two postseasons, including 3-0 this year. They became the first team in NBA history to win four straight Game 1s on the road.
"Just withstanding adver- sity," said John Wall, who had 18 points and 13 assists. "We know they're going to come out and give us a punch right away."
Taking advantage of a week off since their sweep of Toronto, the Wizards wore down the Hawks in the fourth quarter. Otto Porter scored a couple of big baskets coming
down the stretch, including a 3-pointer, and Marcin Gor- tat sealed it with a lay-in off a pass from Wall with 14.6 sec- onds remaining.
"We kept talking about it's a long game," Washington coach Randy Wittman said. "We got better and better and better."
The Hawks needed six games to beat eight-seeded Brooklyn and had to open this best-of-seven series with about a 36-hour turnaround. After racing to a 37-26 lead after the first quarter, Atlanta couldn't make anything
Jon Jones Suspended
UFC stripped light heavy- weight champion Jon Jones of his title Tuesday, one day after he turned himself in to police custody on a felony charge in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Jones, 27, is the first cham- pion in UFC history to be stripped of a title due to disci- plinary reasons. UFC officials also announced Tuesday that the promotion has indefinitely suspended Jones and pulled him from a scheduled title de- fense against Anthony John- sonatUFC187onMay23in Las Vegas.
JON JONES
In addition, Reebok termi- nated Jones' endorsement contract, effective immedi- ately, Wednesday morning.
Jones had lost his deal with Nike after a mutual split in September 2014.
Former title contender Daniel Cormier will replace Jones in the pay-per-view event at the MGM Grand Gar- den Arena to fight for the now- vacant light heavyweight title.
"He's very disappointed. He's upset. He wanted to go down as one of the greats or the greatest," UFC president Dana White said on "Fox Sports Live" of Jones. "He's disappointed, but it is what it is. It is the decision we had to make.
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