Washington's Israeli rookie after the brutal loss to the Raptors: "We led the whole game and in the end they came back with this shot" • On the close evening with Sikam: "Honor for me to keep their best player" • Russell Westbrook: "This is a difficult year for everyone, especially Danny "
Danny Abdia tries to keep Sikam.
Not a particularly simple task
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AFP
Although they led safely for three quarters, Washington and Danny Abdia suffered another loss early Tuesday morning, this time particularly cruel, 103: 101 against Toronto, who enjoyed a lethal buzzer triple from Gary Trent Jr..
The Wizards, who continue to move away from the playoffs already with a fourth straight loss and 14th in their last 17 games.
Abdia, who finished a good game with a double-double two of the season (12 points and 10 rebounds) and at least in the first half managed to do a good job keeping Pascal Siakam, concluded the game from his point of view.
"I felt good to keep Sikam. I'm happy to challenge every night. It's an honor for me to keep the other player's best player. I'm fighting, trying to help the team keep the best players and I'll keep doing that."
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- Washington Wizards (@washwizardsil) April 6, 2021
On the painful end result, he continued honestly: "I was heartbroken. It's very hard for me to lose, you saw there at the end I fell. I feel we fought, that everyone gave of themselves one hundred percent. We led the whole game and in the end they came back with that shot, I think he did not come to Toronto forever "There's nothing to do, this is life and this is the game. In another 48 hours we have another game to try to recover."
Danny blocks O.G.
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- Washington Wizards (@washwizardsil) April 6, 2021
"I feel I'm getting better," Abdia added, "the coaches and players believe in me more and let me create more over the games. Personally I really like to create moves for other players, it's my game and that's how I grew up. I will not change my style of play. I like "To play for others, and I will always give the delivery that will free my teammate. This is how I play, this is how I have been used to playing since I was a child. This is me and this is how I enjoy it."
On the ups and downs in ability during the season: "I do not use excuses from the beginning of the season. I know myself and the coaches do a very good job of making me understand the method, the rules in the league, the style. I understand this more and more with each passing game. Even when I have bad games, everyone wants me to succeed, and I respect that, it helps me.
Russell Westbrook, who recorded his ninth triple-double this season, also commented on the Israeli rookie: "This is his first season and he is developing and understanding things. This is a difficult year for everyone, especially for him. He improves as the season goes on and that's all you can ask him - make sure he understands What's good for him and his body and he does a great job at it. "