Washington of the season has become the “Robin Hood” of the NBA League – it achieves victories over the “rich” and divides them into “poor”. With 13th place in the East with five straight losses and seven in eight games, the Wizards met tonight (Thursday through Friday) leading the Utah Jazz and with 122: 131 achieved another impressive win over one of the greats that stopped the collapse.
In fact, Washington has beaten all six top teams in the West (Utah, Phoenix, Lakers, Clippers, Denver and Portland), and if we dive a little deeper into the statistics, we will find that 11 of the team’s 15 wins from the capital this season came against playoff teams. In the next game, the hottest team in the NBA, Brooklyn, is waiting for her, which she has already won twice.
The heroes of the victory against the Jazz were how not Russell Westbrook and Bradley Bill, who once again proved how much firepower this duo can have, as long as the lighter works. Westbrook recorded triple-double No. 13 this season with 35 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists, and Bill, after 11 consecutive games in which he scored 40+ and lost (NBA record), finished with 43 (30 in the second half) and won.
Bradley Beal x Russell Westbrook tonight:
– Beal: 43 PTS – 5 AST – 2 REB – 66 FG%
– Russ: 35 PTS – 13 AST – 15 REB – 52 FG%
Wizards beat the Jazz. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Q6JbAfkY9t
– Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 19, 2021
After the painful loss to Sacramento last night, Westbrook said, “From now on I take responsibility, the responsibility is mine to get us back on track,” and that was exactly his attitude toward the best team in the NBA. Westbrook opened the game with a storm, scoring 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter, reaching 20 points at the start of the second quarter and in the second half he allowed Bill to be the “alpha”.
“When you’re with your back to the wall, Westbrook is the player you want to be with,” the team coach said Scott Brooks At the press conference. “He’s a winning basketball player. I know everyone judges people differently, but look at the things Russell did. A lot of people don’t want to give him credit.”
“We had no choice but to save,” he concluded Bradley Bill The great victory. “We knew we were facing a tough team, the best team in the league right now. They have a lot of players who could explode. If we hadn’t saved then we would have lost by 30 points. We forgot about the loss to the Kings and came up with a different approach in defense that lasted 48 minutes.” Regarding the chemistry with Russell he said: “It’s getting better and flowing. We don’t have to tell each other what to do. We just understand where everyone will be on the floor.”
Also the owner of the club Ted Leonis Complimented: “78 points shared by Bradley Bill and Russell Westbrook set up a win we desperately needed. Great output from the back line interrupted the losing streak.” Roy Hachimura Joined the paragons and said at the end: “Westbrook has changed the energy of this team.”
78 points combined from @ RealDealBeal23 and @ russwest44 for a much needed win. Great production from the back court to end losing streak.#DCAboveAll https://t.co/7o4brFJm8i
– Ted Leonsis (@TedLeonsis) March 19, 2021
While Donovan Mitchell (42 points) praised Washington with statements such as “they wanted it more”, his teammate Rudy is growing Focused on the troubles of the Western leader, who suffered its fourth loss in six games in March. “We need to understand that we have not won the championship and that we have not done anything yet,” the French chin said. “We must respect ourselves.”
“We are not a group that can afford to just walk,” Gober continued. “Too often we are the ones who snatch the blow first and then we have to react. If we want to be a big team, we will have to be the ones giving the blow first.” Alongside the criticism of the team, it should be noted that Gober is far from immune, as he finished the game with 2 of 10 from the penalty line, after starting it with 0 of 7.
Another Utah player who took 10 shots from a certain range is the only player other than Abdia on the floor who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, he is Joe Ingles. The Australian took 10 shots off the arc, and unlike the Guber who scored twice from the line, he sniped eight times out of three. After setting a career-high 34 points, he concluded: “We still have a good balance (11:29), but we must play as if we want to win the championship and not as if we want to fly again in the first round of the playoffs.”
