The NBA regular season continued, with the Wizards returning home to meet the Pacers after taking the Raptors in their first game, who lost to the Hornets by one point in the first game of the new season.
Due to injury problems, Wizards core Bill missed this game, and the Wizards chose to put Aaron Holliday in the starting lineup.
The starting lineup of Dinwiddie + Holliday + Kuzma + Pope + Garford was put in, and although 4 of them were new signings introduced this summer, the overall effect was still very good.
As soon as the game began, Dinwiddie and Kuzma, who were holding their breath to prove themselves in the new season, successively fired cannons on the outside to help the team quickly get a nearly double-digit lead.
But the Pacers, as an old strong team, naturally will not be easily suppressed by the Wizards' three-plate axe, and around the strong point of turner on the inside, the Pacers easily catch up with the score.
As the Wizards' feel declined, the Pacers scored 16 points in turn with Turner, successfully reversing the score and ending the first quarter with a four-point lead.
In the second quarter, the Pacers continued their inside advantage, coupled with the warming of the outside hand, and quickly widened the point difference to nearly double digits.
At this point, the Wizards finally woke up like a dream, and under the leadership of Pop and Bertans in the rotating lineup, they played an offensive climax on the outside line one after another to regain the advantage.
The Pacers have since made no fuss and have also begun to play three-pointers on the perimeter, shooting stunning three-pointers in the second half of the second quarter, and as the Pacers Duarte hit a whistle-pressing three-pointer, the two teams went to halftime with a 73 draw.
Easy side to fight again, the Wizards continued the offensive firepower in the second quarter, Kuzma felt hot, coupled with Dinwiddie's steady output, so that the Wizards completely played rhythm.
As Harrell on the inside began to exert force, the Wizards blossomed inside and outside, and the Pacers had no power to fight back.
The Wizards also took advantage of the momentum to win 10 points in the third quarter, taking a 10-point lead into the final quarter.
In the last quarter of the competition, the Wizards suddenly lost their feel, and the outside line hit the iron continuously, giving up the initiative of the game.
The Pacers naturally seized the opportunity, led by turner, Sabonis and Brogdon, and continued to narrow the point gap and complete the rebound at one point.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Dinwiddie stood up, a fairy three-pointer dragged the game into overtime, in overtime, the Pacers once again took the lead, but helpless Dinwiddie and Bertans hit unreasonable three-pointers in succession, and finally the Wizards defeated the Pacers in overtime with a 135-134 reversal to win two consecutive wins in the new season.
Throughout the game, the Pacers have played the best team should have, and even Turner has delivered performances far beyond the norm.
Throughout the game, Turner shot 15-of-22 and 5-of-9 from three-point range, hitting 40 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks with an extremely exaggerated shooting percentage.
In addition, Sabonis and Brogdon also both handed over 28 points, and the No. 13 rookie Adulte continued his performance, handing over 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
But helplessly, the Pacers are still the Pacers, and the Wizards are not the Wizards of the past.
After completing a five-team trade through Westbrook in the offseason, and getting Kuzma, Harrell, Pop, Dinwiddie, Aaron Holliday and Isaiah Todd in this year's No. 31 show, the Wizards can be described as a rebirth in the new season.
Beal was absent in this game, and there were 4 players in the team's starting lineup, from the offseason Westbrook's big deal of 5 teams.
Among them, Dinwiddie went on a rampage, shooting 13 of 24, and efficiently bombed 34 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, perfectly filling the scoring gap left by Beal's absence.
Kuzma also gradually entered the good situation, playing 39 minutes, shooting 10 of 17, 8 of 5 of 3-pointers, and efficiently bombing 26 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
Among them, the 11 rebounds in the whole game were the highest in the team, and the 15 rebounds in the last game were also the highest in the whole team, which shows Kuzma's eagerness to prove himself.
In addition, Harrell, who was awarded in the Westbrook trade, continued his first performance, delivering a comprehensive stat of 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
Although Pope had only 7 points and 2 assists on 2-of-4 shooting, his improvement in the Wizards' defense was visible to the naked eye.
From the current situation, the Wizards really want to thank the Nets, but also to thank the Lakers, it is this 5-party 9-man trade around Wei Shao that has completely transformed the Wizards.