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Russell Westbrook is back on the floor, and the Wizards are back to losing. Washington and Danny Abdia hosted Toronto tonight (Wednesday-Thursday), losing 137: 115. Abdia, who came off the bench for the second time in a row, played 27 minutes and scored 9 points (3 of 7 from the field), 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
Abdia and his teammates hoped to put together a second straight win after doing the job in Chicago without Westbrook, but against the Raptors they once again faced all their old and familiar problems: weak defense, poorly organized offense and a weak fourth quarter. This time, Washington lost the decisive quarter 34:22. The team from the capital stands this season on a 13: 2 balance with Westbrook, and 3: 4 without him.
Final score from DC
Beal 24p-4r-5a
Westbrook 23p-6r-7a
Hachimura 15p-8r#WizRaptors | @GEICO– Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) February 11, 2021
Toronto started the game excellently, leading 28:40 after 12 minutes in which both teams threw nine times off the arc. The guest sniped five times, while the hostess – once. Washington got into things in the second quarter with a set of beautiful moves including Abdia’s delivery to Westbrook’s dunk, and a 0:10 run reduced the lead to just four. The Canadians woke up again and led 61:74 at the break. In the half, by the way, Westbrook had 4 points (2 of 8 from the field), 4 losses and 3 fouls.
In the third quarter Abdia interrupted his offensive streak outside the arc that stood at 12, and sniped a three that narrowed the gap to six. The Wizards made sure to stay close and did not allow the Canadians to escape, until the final quarter. The fourth quarter actually opened well for Washington and the Israeli rookie, who added another three, and about 8 minutes to the end the host trailed 111: 106. From that moment, until almost the end of the game in fact, Toronto went out for a 7:26 run that guaranteed them a fifth win in six games.
In the Wizards’ Bradley Bill, he scored 24 points (1 of 6 from three), Westbrook 23 and Roy Hachimura added 15. For the Raptors, the story of the game was the threes, which they scored 59.4% (19 of 32), compared to 29.3% for the host . Norman Powell led the scenes with 28 points, Pascal Siakam contributed 26 and Chris Bushay finished with a double-double of 17 points and 16 rebounds (also a resounding dunk on a loss). Friday-Saturday 2 p.m.: Washington will host the New York Knicks.
