At a good time, about three weeks into the NBA season, Washington and Danny Abdia achieved their first home win. Tonight (Monday through Tuesday) the Wizards defeated Phoenix 107: 128, and in fine words – began to look like a committed basketball team. This commitment was mainly reflected in the defensive part, where the team from the capital stopped the Suns on 15 points in the first quarter and 14.8% off the arc.
“It was our best game this season,” the team coach concluded Scott Brooks. “We played against one of the strongest teams in the West. Chris Paul adds a lot to them and we knew it would not be easy, but we played with great energy throughout the match. I think the attack actually helped our defense. We took good shots, kept the ball and didn’t let them run.”
The main screw in the win, which made almost all the decisions in the offensive part in the absence of Russell Westbrook, was Bradley Bill who finished with 34 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. “For five years now Bill has been getting better from season to season,” Brooks complimented the star. “He works hard and does not upload what he does to Instagram, he is Old School. I let him play in the last quarter because I did not want the game to run away from us.”
Bill Asked at the press conference about the spectacular layup he provided. “I will not say I train for it but I also will not say I do not train for it,” he replied, complimenting in the style typical of his team’s defense: “It was the first time this season we saved properly. Maybe we can move on from the parked vehicles.”
34 PTS, the W, and this masterpiece from Bradley Beal! 🤩@WashWizards x #PhantomCam pic.twitter.com/KhPmh4lyt8
– NBA (@NBA) January 12, 2021
Brooks also referred to Davis Bartans who scored five three-pointers in the second quarter: “That’s the way he should play, and that’s how he played last season. There’s a reason we keep him with us for a long time. .
“Scoring a few baskets in a row is an amazing feeling for the shots,” he said Bartans, Who also spoke at the press conference about Danny Abdia: “Danny does a good job. It’s not easy to move from Europe at his age, and he obviously makes mistakes but as long as he learns from those mistakes he will help us more and more in the future.”