The Washington Wizards suffered a fourth loss tonight in the last five games, 123-98 at home to the Utah Jazz.
The Wizards dropped to a 12:15 balance and are now in seventh place in the East.
Danny Abdia started with a five in place of Kyle Kozma and scored 4 points (2 from 4 for two, 0 from 2 for three) in 23 minutes on the floor.
The Israeli forward added 6 rebounds, an assist and two blocks, but was unable to help his team against one of the best teams in the league.
ניDani Abdia vs. Utah Jazz: 4 points, 6 rebounds, assists and 2 blocks in 23 minutes pic.twitter.com/oGFRZsmPRm
- Washington Wizards 🇮🇱 (@washwizardsil) December 12, 2021
For Utah, which is in third place in the West, it was a seventh straight win.
Donovan Mitchell led the scoring with 28 points, Rudy Gober added 20 (9 of 10 from the field) and 11 rebounds.
By the half-time break the game was still close, and Danny Abdia's team led 50:51 down to the locker room.
But from the middle of the third quarter Utah flew forward and did not look back on the way to 25 points at the end of the game.
Abdia tries to stop Conley, Photo: AP
The Washington shots were led by Bradley Bill with 21 points, Daniel Gaford added 14 points and 11 rebounds.
The Wizards have suffered a ninth loss in the last 14 games, and it looks like they are starting to run out of air after the good start to the season.
On Tuesday morning (04:00) Washington will open a six-game away game for Denver, which will continue with visits to Sacramento, Phoenix, Salt Lake City at Utah, and will end with two games in New York - at Brooklyn and the Knicks.
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