Beijing time on February 17, today, the Washington Wizards challenged the Pacers on the road, which is a contest between the eleventh and twelfth in the East, from the ranking point of view, the Wizards have a slight advantage, plus the Pacers have recently suffered a 7-game losing streak, the situation is very unoptimistic. In the first quarter, the two teams fought with difficult points, the score was 25-25; in the second quarter, the Pacers who played at home took the lead, the whole team blossomed more, and at halftime, the Pacers led the opponent by 56-51 by 5 points. Kuzma led the team to fight back, but the Pacers were like chicken blood, and everyone could score. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers still maintained an eight-point lead 84-76.
In the final quarter, the two teams played very glue, TT strong burst open defenders to score 2 points, Pop air cut back to color, soon, Pop arc top three points knife fall, the point difference is only 1 point, the game is suspended. Coming back from the timeout, Halliburton led the team to four consecutive points, and then Kuzma made a mistake and the Pacers counterattacked quickly. In the decisive moment, Avdia threw 2 points to stop the bleeding, but Halliburton assisted teammate Taylor to win, followed by Taylor's basket again to play 2+1, Pop returned 2 points, Brisette also had a 2-point dunk. In the end, the Pacers narrowly defeated the Wizards 113-108.
After this game, the Knicks ended a two-game losing streak with a record of 26-33, continuing to rank twelfth in the East, and the Wizards' record of 26-31 continued to rank eleventh in the East. In this game, Kuz immediately performed well in the half, the second half felt cold, tried his best, he played 38 minutes, 9 of 27, 12 of 3 points, 26 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists, Pop performed well in this game, he played 34 minutes, 9 of 18, 8 of 5 three points, 27 points and 3 rebounds, only one mistake, in the last quarter, Pope's key balls one after another, almost pulled the team back from the edge of the cliff.
In addition, Avdia contributed 14 points and 7 rebounds on 51-of-11, Ismail had 10 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Neto made 3 of 5 for 10 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists, and Kispert had 9 points and 4 rebounds. On the Pacers side, Halliburton was 6 of 17 and contributed 21 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists, Taylor performed bravely in key moments, with 9 of 11 in the game, with 18 points and 9 rebounds, Brisette 6 of 13, 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Stephenson 5 of 9, 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Hield was 5 of 12 in the game, with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.
The Wizards fell from the first place in the East at the beginning of the season to the eleventh place in the East today, which is largely related to Beal, when Bill is not there, a group of role players led the team to the top of the division, but after he returned, the team's chemistry was destroyed, Dinwiddie, Kuzma and others had less ball, Dinwiddie and Harrell became the team's scapegoats, and now, after Dinwiddie left, the team was stretched in the No. 1 position, and for the Wizards, sending Bill was a clear move.