Beijing time on February 15, today, Washington Wizards at home to meet the Detroit Pistons, this is a contest between the fourth to last in the East and the bottom one in the East, although Beal can not play, but the Pistons have recently been in bad shape, suffered 7 consecutive losses, from the strength point of view, the Wizards obviously have to occupy a lot of advantages. In the first quarter, the two teams played inextricably, and the Wizards who played at home ended the battle with a 2-point advantage; in the second quarter, the two teams were still very glue, and the half-time battle ended, and the two teams fought to a 50-50 draw.
Easy side to fight again, Kuzma even took 4 points and then turned around to throw and take another 2 points, the Wizards extended the point difference to 6 points, but on the Pistons side, Joseph hit the board to pay back three points, back, Kispert inner line took Neto pass and threw 2 points into the account, the Pistons requested a timeout. Back from the suspension, Diallo teamed up with Bagley to score 6 points, the Pistons completed the rebound, and soon, Ismail teamed up with Kispert to score 5 points, followed by Kuzma stumbling into 2+1 and then breaking through to score 2 points, Avdia also scored 2 points, Kuzma was in hot shape, three-pointers fell, the third quarter ended, the Wizards led the Pistons by 9 points, and Kuzma scored 17 points in a single quarter.
In the final quarter, the two sides scored consecutive free throws, after which Ismail blossomed in mid-range, and on the Pistons side, McGrud teamed up with Joseph to score 4 points, and the Wizards were suspended. After the timeout, Sadiq Bay went off the line with a three-point shower, Neto broke through to pay respects by 2 points, Avdia also had 2 points, and Pop arced a three-pointer again, and the Wizards played a wave of 7-0. In the decisive moment, Neto broke through to a strong 2-pointer, Joseph three-point stop bleeding, but then the Pistons made a mistake, Neto forced the basket and then hit, and in the end, the Wizards beat the Pistons 103-94.
After this game, the Wizards' record was 26-30, rising to tenth in the East, and the Pistons suffered eight consecutive losses, with a record of 12 wins and 45 losses, ranking first from the bottom in the East. In this game, Kuzma performed well, he played 37 minutes, 10 of 18, a team-high 23 points, plus 7 rebounds and 2 assists, plus plus +11 plus or minus, the fly in the ointment is that Kuzma had 4 turnovers in this game; Pop was 6 of 15, contributing 16 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Bryant 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Avdia 9, 12 points and 15 rebounds, Ismail 8 points and 6 assists, Neto 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Kispert 10 points and 4 rebounds.
On the Pistons side, Sadiq Bay had 24 points, five rebounds and five assists, Grant 14 points, Corningham 12 points, four rebounds and four assists, Bagley 10 points and eight rebounds, Diallo 10 points and six rebounds, Joseph 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Stewart 11 points and 9 rebounds. The Wizards played very well at the beginning of the season, they even reached the top of the East at one point, under the leadership of Dinwiddie, Kuzma and others, the Wizards played a tacit cooperation, but after Bill returned, the team's chemistry was destroyed, the team's record deteriorated, Dinwiddie also became the team's scapegoat, in fact, Bill was the culprit of the team's loss.
After he returned, he took up a lot of ball power, coupled with the lack of offensive efficiency, Kuzma, Dinwiddie and Harrell and others had less and less ball, resulting in contradictions within the team, and now without Dinwiddie, the Wizards are stretched at the No. 1 position and seem to have entered the rhythm of reconstruction again.