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John Wall cuts down turnovers, Wizards excel

ATLANTA — The Wizards continue to rage on the road. They have won eight of nine road playoff games under Randy Wittman and Sunday’s Game 1 win may have been the biggest surprise — at least when considering the first quarter.

The Hawks scored 37 points in the first quarter, rolling as the ball-sharing juggernaut they had been during the good times in the regular season. By the end of the game, their offense was a stalled, brick-laying mess.

With the Wizards leading their Eastern Conference semifinal series 1-0 for the second consecutive season, a look at three points from Game 1:

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