After impressing two days ago with 11 points against Milwaukee, Danny Abdia is trying to continue the momentum tonight (Wednesday to Thursday) as Washington tries to break a streak of four losses against Sacramento. In any case, the Israeli did not start in the top five, with Russell Westbrook, Bradley Bill, Grison Matthews, Roy Hachimura and Alex Lenn starting with Scott Brooks.
The Wizards want to take advantage of the bad momentum of the Kings who lost in the previous two games – against Charlotte and Atlanta. Like Abdia’s team, Sacramento does not excel in defense to say the least, and both teams are the weakest in the league in this respect with an average of more than 120 points per game. Raul Neto whose fitness was questioned on the eve of a rib injury will take part in the meeting.
Just a day after this game, the Wizards went into a difficult battle against one of the most impressive teams this season – Utah Jazz, which has the best balance in the league (10:29). Three days later Washington will host the Brooklyn Nets.
the progress of the game:
Both teams opened the game without paying too much attention to the defense and 7 quick points from Diaron Fox set – 15:19. Bradley Bill on the other hand keeps the host in the picture with 9 points of his own. The Wizards started to be more aggressive on defense and Bill led a 0-7 run that set up a 22:28 lead for Washington. Abdia went up to the floor 2:44 minutes into the first quarter, and he quickly came up on the scoreboard with an excellent layup. He then added an assist to Robin Lopez and completed another successful layup. 34:38 to the Wizards at the end of the first quarter.
Even in the second quarter, the Wizards and Kings did not try to save when Netto scored 8 quick points for Abdia’s team – 44:48. Matthews committed three quick offenses and Abdia profited from it and returned to the floor. Tyrese Liberton did not let the host escape, as the Kings’ impressive rookie scored another basket from half distance. Baskets by Buddy the Boy and Hassan Whiteside set up a reversal – 58:59 for Sacramento. Russell Westbrook and Whiteside continued to score and the first half ended in 66:66.
Abdia goes to the basket twice at the end of the first quarter pic.twitter.com/pr0z5brL6z
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