On March 29, Beijing time, the NBA regular season broke out again, and the Wizards defeated the league's second-place Celtics 130-111 at home. This result is quite surprising, after all, the Celtics are the main player this time, did not take a break, but quickly on the scene, trailing by 13 points at halftime, 21 points behind at the end of the third quarter, and finally suffered a 19-point defeat.
The Celtics are completely at a disadvantage this time, which is still unexpected, after all, they can be second in the league, and although they have locked in the playoffs early, they have not scheduled these rotations. It's just that this time facing the Wizards who are outside the play-offs, they didn't have the upper hand, the whole court was suppressed, and they also entered garbage time early, and the double tanhua was also powerless to savior this time, and the state of the two was not very good.
Tatum played 32 minutes this time, shooting 11-of-19 for 28 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists; Brown shot 9 of 19 with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, a team-low plus-minus of -24. The two combined to score 46 points, but to no avail, the team still failed miserably, mainly because their offensive state was not good this time, always thinking of fighting alone, and there were 7 turnovers, and the three-point sense was also in the doldrums, 2 of 11, and the team's shooting rate was only 25%. The team also had good hands on Smart, scoring 14 points on 4-of-7 three-point shooting.
In contrast to the Celtics, the Wizards are starting to prepare for next season, and this game neither Beal nor Kuzma played, basically giving up this season. Although they are currently 11th in the West and have a chance to make the playoffs through the play-offs, it is still quite difficult. The team also made a strategic abandonment, let the main team directly truce, let Porzingis lead the team to play, but he did not expect his performance to be better and better.
Porzingis has had excellent performances in the last few games, having played 20+ in five consecutive games. This time against the Celtics, he was even more in a big kill, shooting 14 of 21, 3 of 5 from three-point range, scoring a game-high 32 points, as well as 13 rebounds and 6 assists, and no turnovers, with a team-high plus-minus of +26. Such Porzingis is what the Wizards want to see, and the last few games can accumulate more confidence, and the Wizards may also be worth looking forward to next season.