Beijing time December 24, today, the New York Knicks at home to meet the Washington Wizards, this game, both sides have core players absent, Knicks side, Rose due to surgery did not have the opportunity to appear, wizards side, Beal was isolated and failed to play, although it is an away game, but the Wizards are all soldiers, the whole team a total of 7 people scored in double figures, and finally defeated the home team 124-117, after this game, the Wizards won two consecutive wins, the record of 17 wins and 15 losses, the ranking rose to the sixth place in the East, the Knicks' record of 14 wins and 18 losses , ranking twelfth in the East.
Some time ago, Walker was subject to snow, but recently since the team is unavailable, Thibodeau can only activate it. In this game, Walker was like a god on the offensive end, and after the whole game, he played 43 minutes, 14 of 27 shots, 14 of 14 three-pointers, and cut 44 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists; because of the excellent performance, Walker was strictly guarded at the critical moment, although he hit a three-pointer at the key moment in the final quarter, but in the next three shots, he could only watch the victory being stolen by the opponent.
For the Knicks, Burks had 20 points, seven rebounds and three assists, Randall 23 points and nine rebounds, Mitchell Robinson had 8 points and three rebounds, Fournier had 8 points and three rebounds, Sims had 6 points and six rebounds, Dorterson had four points, Topin had 2 points and three rebounds, and Gibson had 2 points and three rebounds. Wizards side, the starting five Tigers all scored in double figures, the best performance is Dinwiddie, the whole game down, Dinwiddie ushered in a big outbreak, he played 36 minutes, 7 of 14, 7 of 3 three points, slashed 21 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists of the data, Dinwiddie's performance in the first three quarters can only be said to be decent.
In the final quarter, he scored seven points in a row, and then assisted Kuzma to hit a key three-pointer, and in terms of rebound protection, Dinwiddie also received two important defensive rebounds in a row, and there is no doubt that he is the biggest contributor to the game. Kuzma played solidly in this game, shooting 7-of-16 in the whole game, 2 of 8 three-pointers, 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, plus-minus +17 game-high, and in the last minute or so he hit two consecutive key three-pointers to extend the point difference to 7 points and kill the game. Kuzma hit two bottom-corner three-pointers in the same place in the fourth quarter, completely extinguishing the opponent's hope of a counterattack.
In addition to the offense, his double-forward defense with Avdia has also put a lot of pressure on the Knicks. In addition, Kispert had 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Garford 11 points and 6 rebounds, Aaron Holliday 16 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Avdia 14 points and 5 rebounds, Harrell 15 points and 4 rebounds, Neto 5 points and 3 assists, and Bertans 4 points. Beal does not play, Dinwiddie becomes the core brain of the team, teammates give the ball to him to control, and Dinwiddie is a very selfless player, when it is time to attack, when it is time to pass, play very reasonably.
In the whole game, Dinwiddie only made 2 mistakes, from the process of the game, when Beal was not there, the Wizards played better, when Beal was there, he took away too much ball, and the offensive efficiency was not too high, Dinwiddie only scored 13 points in the past four games, this game directly cut the quasi-triple-double, it turns out that when Bill was on the floor, Dinwiddie was difficult to play his offensive characteristics, this game, Bill was absent, the Wizards won the victory, he must be very embarrassed.