The Israeli, who once again got into trouble and did not score points, dropped with his teammates a 17-point lead on the way to 106: 102 in Madison Square Garden • Weak game for Bradley Bill and Russell Westbrook • Loss for the third time in a row for Scott Brooks' unfortunate team Thibodu
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As the transfer window closes in the NBA, the Washington Wizards and Danny Abdia suffered another loss this morning (Thursday-Friday) against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden within 48 hours, 106: 102, precisely after leading by a double-digit gap in large parts of the games.
The Visers have slipped to a 28:15 balance and it looks like they won’t even be in the playoff battles this year either.
The Israeli forward, who in the previous meeting scored 14 points but scored quite a bit in Garbage-Time, got into trouble again, and did not score a single point in the 11 minutes of play he received from Scott Brooks (0/4 from the field, 2 rebounds and one block).
Washington took the lead from the first quarter (20:25) and halved the lead by a promising double-digit margin of 45:60.
Thibodeau's team (balance 22:23) presented in the first half a scattered game that included quite a few ball losses and offenses beyond the arc.
Also in the third quarter the Wizards looked on the way to victory and climbed to a 17 lead already (54:71).
The hosts woke up a bit and went down to the break between the quarters with a lag behind 11. In the fourth quarter Washington "returned to Sora" in terms of defensive ability, while at the same time the Knicks returned to the toughness that characterizes them and enjoyed two huge clutch shots by Julius Randall Barks (27 points) and RJ Barrett (double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds. They managed to set up a first tie since the start of the game with a little less than five minutes left (91:91) and from there they did not stop. Of Garrison Matthews who set 104: 102 six seconds to go, did not prevent the hosts from winning.
The two big stars of Washington, Russell Westbrook and Bradley Bill were not at their best.
While Westbrook picked up 18 rebounds and handed out 9 assists, he scored just 13 points on a very bad percentage from the field (3/15) and lost 8 balls.
Bill scored 26 points (season average of 31.8), in just 8/23 from the field and lost 6 balls.
The Wizards, who finished the trip to New York with 3-0 (two losses to the Knicks and another to the Brooklyn Nets), will return to the Capital 1 Arena on Saturday night (3:00 AM Israel time) and try to recover against the Detroit Pistons, one of the worst teams in the league.