Atlanta surprises the Sixers and will play against Milwaukee in the final of the East

Thybulle blocks a Trae Young pitch in the Sixers-Hawks game.Matt Slocum / AP

The Sixers once again saw a frustrated ambition to fight for the title that they have not achieved since they swept the Lakers in the 1983 final with Moses and Malone and Julius Erving as big stars. They lost at home the seventh and final game against Atlanta Hawks (96-103). The only title won by the Georgia team is even more remote. He did it in 1958, with the legendary Bob Pettit at the helm and when the franchise was still based in St. Louis. The Hawks will face the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference final and the first game will be played at dawn from Wednesday to Thursday (2.30). In the West final, Phoenix won the first game over the Clippers (120-114).

The final victory of the Hawks consummated the surprise.

The Sixers once again found their highest ambition project frustrated, which they called

The Process

, an attempt to reach the title.

For the third time in the last four years they fell in the conference semifinals, which they didn't even reach last season when they were eliminated by the Celtics in the first round.

The renewal of the leading teams in the NBA has meant that none of the four conference finalists from last season will repeat: Lakers, Denver, Celtics and Miami.

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The public that witnessed the seventh game against the Hawks showed their frustration by throwing objects when the game concluded.

"We gave them life from the first game," said Tobias Harris, forward of the Sixers.

"It is a young and hungry team."

Trae Young, the 22-year-old point guard, ended up scoring a triple that left the game seen for sentencing.

Although he missed much more than usual and only made five of the 23 field goals he threw, Young, with 21 points and 10 assists, set the pace of the game.

The Sixers point guard, Australian Ben Simmons, was diluted, only shot four times and finished with 5 points and 13 assists.

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- Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 21, 2021

The offensive weight of the Sixers game fell on Joel Embiid, with 31 points and 11 rebounds;

Harris, with 24 points and 14 rebounds;

and Seth Curry, with 14 points.

The Hawks, in addition to Young's contribution, asserted Huerter's 27 points, Italian Gallinari's 17, John Collins' 14 points and 16 rebounds and Capela's 13 points.

“We have succeeded in a big way,” Young rejoiced.

The Hawks last played the conference final in 2015. Then they were swept by LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers.

Booker's Triple Double

The final of the West began with the victory of Phoenix in a game with notable losses.

Chris Paul could not be present because he has to follow the protocol against covid and the Clippers continue to be able to count on Kawhi Leonard, with a knee problem, and neither on Ibaka, who had a back surgery.

Devin Booker completed an extraordinary performance with a triple-double: 40 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists.

Along with him stood out Deandre Ayton, with 20 points and 9 rebounds;

Bridges, with 14 points and Crowder, with 13. The Clippers could not assert the 34 points of Paul George, the 24 of Reggie Jackson, long and the 11 of Cousins.

The second game is played at dawn from Tuesday to Wednesday (3.00).

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