The NBA regular season continues, with the Wizards playing the Lone Rangers at home, the Lone Rangers in fourth place in the West before the game, and the Wizards in 11th place in the East, the former having determined a playoff spot, while the latter has long since lost the playoff qualification, so it is a game of no desire. In terms of comprehensive strength, the Lone Ranger has an absolute advantage. In the first quarter, the Wizards played a 9-2 start, and then played a wave of 15-6 small climax at the end of the quarter, the first quarter ended, the Wizards led 11 points 41-30; in the second quarter, the Wizards continued the state of the first quarter, the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, Doncic led the team to narrow the point difference, but at halftime, the Lone Ranger was still 14 points behind. In the third quarter, the Wizards' outside line broke out again with a 21-9 attack wave, the point difference was close to 30 points, the key moment the Lone Ranger responded to a wave of 16-3, still trailing by 16 points after the third quarter; in the final quarter, the Wizards laid the victory after 18-6, the game became garbage time, and in the end, the Wizards won the Lone Ranger by 32 points at 135-103.
In this game, the Lakers abandoned Pope ushered in a big explosion, he scored 35 points on 13-of-19 shooting, becoming the highest scoring player on the team, and it also set a new season high for him. What's more, Pope has averaged 25.5 points per game in his last four games and shot 57 percent from three-point range. In addition, the lone ranger Porzingis also performed prominently, facing his old opponents with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists on 8-of-18 shooting, Hachimura also scored 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting, 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting for Avdia on the bench, and Ismail and Gill also scored 12 and 10 points respectively, scoring 6 points in double figures, including 20+ on three points, which created a solid foundation for the big win. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time they have played each other since the trade between the two sides, and after the game Pop said to Porzingis, I will not allow Dinwiddie to take the victory from here.
The Lone Ranger's game of course has to talk about Doncic, his performance is still outstanding, 36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 11 of 22 shots, Brunson also performed well, 9 of 13 shots and 21 points, but the whole team except for them, the rest of the teammates performed mediocrely, and no one scored in double figures, which was one of the reasons for the Lone Ranger's big defeat. Among them, Dinwiddie only scored 8 points on 2-of-6 shooting against his old club. Although he lost a game, Kidd looked very open, and he said after the game that not all the players are Curry, Irving and Simmons, and it is good to learn the lessons and continue to work hard. In addition, he also revealed the game plan for next week, some games will be rested in rotation, and it is clear that the Lone Ranger is preparing for the playoffs. In addition, he also made a request from the players, that defense is the foundation of the team, and we must pay attention to every detail. It is worth mentioning that Kidd was expelled in the game because of two technical fouls.