It was a game they absolutely had to take to stay in the play-in race. But now, the Wizards have once again gone through …
Despite the 30 points of Kristaps Porzingis, Wes Unseld Jr.’s men collapsed in the 4th quarter against Orlando (35-24), conceding an 8th defeat in the last 10 games. With a record of 32 wins for 40 losses, Washington now points to 12th place in the East, two wins from the Bulls (10th).
“It’s not ideal, of course. We are fighting “ missed Kristaps Porzingis. “But we have to find a solution. I want to win games, and I’m sure everyone here wants to do that. We just need to stick together as a group and find a solution.”.
Bradley Beal failed
Disappointing this season, the “franchise player” of the Wizards was completely missed against the Magic. Out of address throughout the evening, he shot 4/15 including 0/4 from 3-pointers.
Catastrophic percentages that really did not help his people. In addition, he had to deal with foul problems, conceding his fifth in the middle of the 3rd quarter, before being forced out for six fouls 2 minutes and 55 seconds from the end of the match, while his team was trailing by 7 points (110-103).
After the game, he acknowledged that he and his people have to be better, especially with the few games left to play: ” We know it. It’s not a secret. Do we have 10 games left? ».
Corey Kispert raised an important point after the meeting. The Wizards always try to adapt to their opponents without offering anything different on the floor.
“We play the game of the other teams” said the winger on recent defeats. “Cleveland played more physical than us, and they always do. We tried to be neck and neck with Sacramento in terms of pace, but we’re not going to win this game. And when you try to beat teams that are really, really good at their own game, it doesn’t work very well. The Magic played very well together, they found their shooting spots, and they took advantage of the mismatches. But we are trying to find the right formula.”.
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| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Bradley Beal | 50 | 33.5 | 50.6 | 36.5 | 84.2 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 23.2 |
| Kristaps Porzingis | 61 | 32.8 | 48.9 | 37.6 | 84.8 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 22.9 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 64 | 35.0 | 44.8 | 33.3 | 73.0 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 21.2 |
| Rui Hachimura | 30 | 24.3 | 48.8 | 33.7 | 75.9 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| Monte Morris | 58 | 27.8 | 47.8 | 39.8 | 82.9 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| Corey Kispert | 64 | 27.6 | 49.8 | 41.9 | 87.7 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 9.9 |
| Deni Avdija | 70 | 26.0 | 42.8 | 29.6 | 75.7 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 8.6 |
| Daniel Gafford | 70 | 19.8 | 74.5 | 0.0 | 65.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 8.5 |
| Will Barton | 40 | 19.6 | 38.6 | 37.7 | 77.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| Delon Wright | 43 | 23.8 | 46.9 | 34.7 | 90.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 6.6 |
| Kendrick Nunn | 22 | 13.1 | 43.9 | 36.4 | 91.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| Jordan Goodwin | 52 | 16.9 | 45.1 | 35.8 | 74.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Taj Gibson | 45 | 9.6 | 54.5 | 21.1 | 68.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
| Anthony Gill | 49 | 9.8 | 57.9 | 13.6 | 81.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| james huff | 2 | 4.4 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Johnny Davis | 18 | 6.8 | 41.0 | 11.1 | 57.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| quenton jackson | 3 | 2.6 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Jordan Schakel | 2 | 3.1 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Vernon Carey, Jr. | 11 | 2.6 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Devon Dotson | 6 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Isaiah Todd | 4 | 3.1 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| xavier cooks | 1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jamaree Bouyea | 1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
