On December 24, Beijing time, the Washington Wizards played another victory away from home, they beat the New York Knicks by 7 points, and the score was finally fixed at 124-117. In this game, the Knicks once stretched the point difference to 8 points, but in the fourth quarter Dinwiddie and Kuzma were gods, Dinwiddie in the first half of the fourth quarter 4 of 3, a shot, a breakthrough, a three-point cut 7 points, and Kuzma in the decisive moment, received an assist from Dinwiddie and others, hit two bottom corner three-pointers, ending the suspense of the game.
In this game, the Wizards played very happily all over the team, a total of 7 people scored in double figures, and the players on the court could contribute at both ends of the attack and defense. On the Knicks side, only three people scored in double figures, Walker was elected as the leader of the empty cut group with 44 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists; Randall felt cold in the first three quarters, and frequently won under the basket in the last quarter, scoring 23 points and 9 rebounds in the whole game, 10 of 22 in the whole game; Burks was 6 of 16, contributing 20 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, in addition, other people's scores are single digits. On the other hand, on the Wizards side, the whole team played very well, which was very much in line with the characteristics of the team.
Kuzma delivered 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, Garford had 11 points and 6 rebounds, Aaron Holliday contributed 16 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Avdia had 14 points and 5 rebounds, and Harrell had 15 points and 4 rebounds. It is worth mentioning that the Dinwiddie of this game suddenly opened up, in the past four games, he only scored a total of 13 points, including two games to swallow zero eggs, this game he was 7 of 14, directly bombed 21 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, because Beal did not play, Keyspert this campaign to start, he did not live up to the team's expectations.
After the whole game, Keyspert played 32 minutes, 7 of 6, 5 of three points, 4 of 5 three points, cut 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Dinwiddie is the absolute hero of the team's victory, Keyspert can be said to be the second biggest contributor, the duo cut 41 + 9 + 15 data, made an important contribution to the team. The reason why the two can play so well is partly because Walker's performance tonight is too strong, which also forces out the potential of the pair; second, because Bill does not play, and after Beal does not play, Kispert can only be on the starting line-up.
When Beal was there, Dinwiddie and Keyspert didn't have the ball at all, because he was the big brother of this team, and more often he tended to take the ball into his own hands, and Bill shot 46% from the field this season, but only 28% from three-point range. When Dinwiddie became the absolute core, his teammates listened to him, and more importantly, he was a selfless player, as long as his teammates were vacant, he would pass the ball to the most correct position, and Dinwiddie's 12 assists in this game were the best illustration.
When Bill was away, Dinwiddie led the team to play very well, the team record is also good, and when he returned, the Wizards' results did not rise but fell. Dinwiddie can fit all his teammates into the offense, but Beal clearly doesn't have that ability, he's just a scorer. The combination of Dinwiddie and Keyspert can have the performance today, which can be said to be an NBA miracle, after all, Keyspert was only a substitute player before, and he is still reading, in part, they have to thank Walker for playing, but also thanks to Beal's absence.