On October 28, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Celtics played at home against the Wizards. Previously, the Celtics won 2 and lost 2, the Wizards won 2 and lost 1, and lost to the Nets the day before yesterday. In this game, the four important role players who left the Lakers this summer met, the Wizards have Pop, Kuzma, Harrell, and the Celtics have Schroeder, to tell the truth, Birtatum should have set up a stage to sing, but was unexpectedly robbed of the limelight by the Lakers' veterans! The Wizards firmly grasped the initiative advantage, and in the end, the Celtics defeated the Wizards 107-116 at home, and the Celtics ended a two-game winning streak.
Stats, wizards, Harrell 25 points and 11 rebounds, Dinwiddie 22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Beal 17 points and 10 rebounds, Kuzma 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Pop 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. On the Celtic side, Schroder had 22 points and six assists, Tatum had 23 points and seven rebounds, Horford had 16 points, 11 rebounds and four assists, Brown had 13 points and four rebounds, and Williams had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
After Bill and Kuzma scored consecutive strong throws and Williams helped the Green Army break the deadlock, Smart and Brown rained three points and the Celtics took the lead. In the middle, Kuzma's consecutive strong attacks erased the difference in points, and Horford responded in time from mid-range. In the second half, the Celtics attacked the dud, while the Wizards blossomed more, Beal's layup, Harrell's consecutive dunks, Dinwiddie's back singles, the Wizards a wave of 14-3 climax, the first quarter Wizards led the Celtics 24-19. Back in the second quarter, Bertans blasted a three-pointer, Harrell continued to dunk under the basket, and the Wizards continued to pull the gap. At key moments, Schroeder continued to burst into the inner line to kill and lead the team to bite the point difference. Harrell continued to exert strength in the middle, Beal teamed up with Harrell to compete with Schroeder, Kuzma completed a difficult layup at the end of the quarter, and at the end of the half, the Wizards led the Celtics 62-52.
Back in the third quarter, Tatum exerted his strength and constantly used the breakthrough to get points, Pop's three points stopped bleeding, and Horford soared three points. In the middle, Harrell and Dinwiddie quickly opened the point difference, but in the second half of the Celtic offensive end improved, Tatum scored consecutively, Schroeder fired three points on the outside, the Wizards' offensive efficiency declined, and Williams continued to help the Celtics score points at the end of the quarter, and after the third quarter, the Celtics rebounded 87-86. In the fourth quarter of the showdown, the Celtics relied on Jaylen Brown and Tatum to continue to score points, but the mid-section Green Army power outage, Harrell's dunk, Dinwiddie and Pop blossomed inside and outside, although Schroeder did not give up, scoring 5 points in a row, but the key moment the Celtics continued to play iron, and the Wizards easily won.
The Celtics started badly today, with Brown 5-of-16, Smart 7-of-1 and Tatum not opening the line, the team has been in a passive situation. The biggest gap between the Celtics and the Wizards today is in the rim, and the Wizards can grab too many rebounds. Under Xi'an, Schroeder played quite well today, and now as a substitute, Schroeder is also very determined, but the Celtics bench only has one scoring point for him, so he seems to be isolated. For the other Celtic players, no evaluation is made.
Truth be told, Wizards head coach Unseld Jr. should have given Harrell some more time. Harrell scored 25 points on 10-of-13 today, in front of the weak Celtics inside line, Harrell can do everything, Harrell has a good sense of energy on the court, can drive teammates, he opened this point, including Bertans, Avdia and other people outside the line can easily get space bomb three points. And Beal wasted a lot of opportunities today, his feel still needs to be adjusted, Kuzma although the feel is average, but also very positive, the whole Wizards and last season's Westbrooker led the team, into a more team-oriented team. Thanks to Westbrook, Pop is now the most balanced wing of the Wizards' offense and defense, Kuzma's impact and rim are also the Wizards' win guarantee, plus Harrell's bench scoring points, this year they have the opportunity to play the role of the dark horse in the East.