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Hurrah for ZaZa
If you didn’t catch last night’s Boston-Atlanta first-round NBA playoff game, then you missed obscure Hawks center ZaZa Pachulia ignite the Phillips Arena crowd and his teammates’ emotion.
About halfway through the second quarter, Pachulia and Boston superstar Kevin Garnett got tangled up in the lane. Garnett childishly threw a forearm/elbow into Pachulia’s chest.
Much to everyone’s surprise, ZaZa didn’t back down. The 7-footer went toe-to-toe with Garnett, pressing his forehead against Garnett’s as the two towers went chest-to-chest before officials broke up the almost-skirmish. Garnett even grabbed official Eddie F. Rush’s left wrist and tried to push him back with his arm.
The play encapsulated Atlanta’s efforts in a come-from-behind Game 4 win that evened the series. Atlanta played inspired the rest of the night, and Joe Johnson took over the game in the fourth, when ATL erased a 10-point deficit for the victory.
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