On February 27, Beijing time, today, the Washington Wizards challenged the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road, which was a contest between the eleventh and fifth in the East. The Wizards are hungry for a win after losing to the Spurs yesterday, or they will drift away from the playoffs. In terms of strength, the Cavaliers obviously have a great advantage, but due to the three consecutive defeats, the morale of the Cavaliers has been greatly damaged, and the Wizards still have a chance. At the beginning of the first quarter, Kuzma continued the feel of the previous game and quickly entered the state, scoring 8 points in a single quarter and 5 points in the other quarter.
In the first quarter, the Wizards mainly led the opponent by 5 points at 23-18; entering the second quarter, Kuzma's hand was still undiminished, and he could still contribute 6 points in a single quarter, and Garford also began to help the team on the offensive end. Entering the third quarter, the game became Kuzma's personal performance time, in this quarter, Kuzma jump shot, three points are available, after Love hit a three-pointer, Kuzma also hit a whistle before the end of the quarter, the end of the third quarter, Kuzma 10 of 16, 8 of 10 three-pointers, has cut 28 points and 9 rebounds, the Wizards led the opponent by 4 points at 70-66.
In the final quarter, Pop withdrew from the middle distance to win, O'Corro turned around and responded with a strong 2 points, and soon, Pop quickly attacked and double-handed dunks, but Osman quickly played 2+1 under the basket, and O'Corro then quickly attacked and counterattacked on the layup. But Kuz was bold, turning over and jumping to take another 2 points, and then Pop blossomed in mid-range and the Cavaliers were stopped. The timeout came back, Markkanen's empty three-pointer fell, however, after only 10 seconds, Kuzma threw another two points, Garford then joined forces with Neto to score 4 points, Markkanen did not want to show weakness, the outside line rained three points, and the game was suspended again.
After the timeout, Markkanen walked through the young man with three points, Allen scored six points with a deduction, and the Cavaliers rebounded by 3 points. In the decisive moment, Kuzma was difficult to stop the bleeding by 2 points, however, at the key moment, the Wizards failed to attack many times, and in the end, the Cavaliers narrowly defeated the Wizards 92-86. After this game, the Wizards suffered 2 consecutive losses, with a record of 27 wins and 33 losses, continuing to rank eleventh in the East, the Cavaliers ended a 3-losing streak, with a record of 36 wins and 24 losses, continuing to rank fifth in the East, it turned out that the Cavaliers' roster was very strong, especially on the inside line, without Garland, the Cavaliers' offense had a big problem.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Allen stepped forward and saved the team, but they still need Garland to come back. Following the 36+7+8 in the last game, Kuzma played 39 minutes, 13 of 22, 8 of 11 three-pointers, and 34 points and 13 rebounds. After the last double overtime, this one was back-to-back, Kuzma's physical strength was greatly challenged, and he did not get the ball for more than 5 minutes in the last quarter, and these 8 three-pointers also set a new record for Kuzma's career. Pope contributed 13 points and 3 assists on 4-of-10 shooting, Garford had 14 points and 7 rebounds on 9-of-9, and Hachimura had 10 points on 4-of-8.
On the Cavaliers side, Markkanen played wildly in this game, 6 of 18, contributing 23 points and 6 rebounds, but hit the key three-pointers several times in the final quarter to pull the Cavaliers back from the edge of the cliff. Allen 18 points, 14 rebounds and 3 steals, Mobley 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Osman 19 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, Goodwin 8 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, Ocorro 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Love 4 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.