Originally posted by By JOSEPH WHITE@ AP Sports Writer
Confetti flooded the MCI floor and fireworks exploded at the final buzzer as the Wizards won the series 4-2, advancing for the first time since the Bullets' 2-0 sweep of New Jersey in 1982, back when the first round was best-of-three.
``I was just born, huh?'' said the 23-year-old Arenas. ``It's great feeling for us. We believed we can go far, and we're showing it. It's been an uphill battle with injuries and players missing, but we stayed together and kept believing.''
This was the ninth time in NBA history that a team recovered from an 0-2 deficit to advance, but the Wizards aren't getting much of a break to enjoy their success. They open at top-seeded Miami on Sunday in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
