#Washington Wizards at New Orleans Pelicans
Smoothie King Center- New Orleans, LA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468902)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/washingtonwizards/comments/10ntjoa/game_thread_washington_wizards_2226_at_new/j6aqrnc/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|WAS |32|27|29|25|113|
|NOP |30|20|24|29|103|
###Player Stats
**Washington Wizards**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|C. Kispert|25:48|12|4-6|4-6|0-0|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|2|2
|K. Kuzma|37:38|10|4-13|2-9|0-0|0|9|9|5|1|1|2|2|4
|D. Gafford|29:21|21|8-11|0-0|5-8|5|7|12|2|1|5|2|2|6
|B. Beal|32:31|16|5-17|2-6|4-5|1|3|4|5|0|1|5|1|14
|M. Morris|27:45|10|2-7|0-3|6-6|0|3|3|0|1|0|0|1|6
|D. Avdija|27:21|15|5-8|1-3|4-6|0|9|9|1|2|0|1|2|14
|D. Wright|24:28|8|3-7|0-1|2-2|2|2|4|0|0|0|2|1|1
|K. Nunn|17:48|12|5-13|2-7|0-0|0|2|2|0|0|0|1|2|0
|T. Gibson|17:20|9|4-6|0-1|1-2|5|5|10|3|0|1|2|4|3
**New Orleans Pelicans**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|T. Murphy III|26:39|10|4-11|1-5|1-1|0|2|2|0|1|2|0|0|-5
|B. Ingram|28:52|22|8-22|1-5|5-5|0|6|6|4|1|0|6|3|0
|J. Valanciunas|8:46|0|0-3|0-2|0-0|0|3|3|0|0|0|2|3|1
|H. Jones|30:42|8|3-5|0-1|2-2|0|4|4|1|0|1|0|3|-6
|C. McCollum|35:53|24|9-19|2-6|4-5|1|4|5|5|1|1|0|2|-7
|N. Marshall|17:53|8|4-8|0-1|0-0|1|4|5|3|2|0|1|2|-7
|W. Hernangomez|20:03|5|2-6|0-0|1-2|1|6|7|0|1|3|0|2|-11
|L. Nance Jr.|28:02|8|4-6|0-1|0-0|5|3|8|3|0|1|0|4|0
|D. Graham|17:03|9|3-6|3-6|0-0|0|0|0|1|1|0|1|2|-7
|J. Alvarado|26:07|9|2-6|1-2|4-4|0|2|2|4|2|0|0|5|-8
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|WAS|40-88|11-36|22-29|18|17|5|16|8|13|40|63|
|NOP|39-92|8-29|17-19|21|26|9|10|8|8|34|47|
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On a night where he went 5-17 from the field, Beal still recorded a +/- of +14.
Beal is important to this team and makes this team better. Its time to accept it. His return from injury has been massive.
Undefeated in the Kendrick Nunn Era
Another game, another dub.
Good team win. Excellent game from gafford and deni, but we really need to be better about moving the ball in late-game situations when the opponent is on a run.
The crazy part about this game… No more Rui, no KP.. Brad and Kuz were not very effective. And yet somehow we still lead the entire game by 10 points on the road against a team we historically struggle with. Even WUJ had a clutch timeout at the end. I like this version of the Wizards, let’s make it 6 in a row against the Spurs!
Gafford not scoring in the 4th quarter 4 points off his career high is criminal.
This was fun to watch
Least dominant Daniel gafford performance
that was a very strange game but I’ll take it
Everybody eats
BB is such a simple game. When you move the ball and play like a team, you win.
Whenever Beal is trying to show he is worth a max contract, we look like shit.
I was hating on Beal for most of this game but I gotta admit, he was heat in the clutch
Love seeing Brad and Garret Temple chopping it up
Gafford MVP this game, and Deni played great
Brad haters will point to the stupid turnovers and awful bricks.
Brad believers will point to the incredible clutch shot and game-winning 8 points in a row.
But really, all we can do is enjoy the win and wonder wtf we just witnissed.
Good game tonight.
Fourth was rough, but we pulled away in last four minutes. Glad we’re winning some. Maybe a play-in is possible.
If we had gone .500 during that 10 game losing streak we’d be the 6 seed rn. I think this team is a lot better than 23-26, let’s keep this train rolling and stay healthy
Get the sheets out!
Wizards only win since getting Nunn
Great W, also can Gaff give the DPOG belt to himself, bro was everywhere
When Deni isn’t horrible on offence the team chances of winning increase dramatically
Nice little 5 game win streak. Hopefully we can beat San Antonio in San Antonio for the first time since 1999.
I’m amazed by how much more impactful Deni has been recently, both on offense and at the rim. He was 1 rebound away from his 3rd double-double in a row. I don’t know if it’s because he’s getting more focus or what, but for some reason he’s flipped into a new gear since the trade.
Liking what I’m seeing from Deni. I just want more consistent aggression
That game illustrated the importance of Kyle Kuzma. Rough shooting game, but still 9 rebounds and 5 assists whilst playing solid defense on Ingram
3-0 in the Nunn Era
Almost the entire team scored in double figures. Wild stuff.
– Opening a road trip 3-0 is huge
– WUJ gets some flowers for this 5 game win streak
– Gafford at $13M/yr the next three years is a steal
– What were the Hawks thinking letting Delon leave
– Deni has risen to the challenge in Rui’s absence
That Valanciunas ejection had a huge impact. Not that we couldn’t have still won somehow, but Gafford and our rebounding were so big tonight.
Gaff really turning it around lately. He’s an asset
Corey with a nice 4/6 shooting from 3
The Rui trade has unlocked Deni. Mans playing free out there