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Things didn't look good for Washington again tonight (between Thursday and Friday), when the Wizards fell behind by 20 points in the first quarter of their game in Minnesota (30:10), but in the end Washington knew how to come back to win 106:114 to complete their tenth victory in their 14 games the last and fourth in the last five.
Their next game after the All-Star break won't be until next Friday, at home against New York.
Bradley Beal excelled with 35 points, 17 of them in the last quarter, and the Wizards are 4:13 in Beal's last 17 games.
Corey Kispert hailed an unimpressive shooting night from Kyle Kuzma and Kristaps Porzingis and finished with 15 points on 4 of 6 from three - but many compliments also go to Danny Avdia - who finished with 10 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.
Won 10 of the last 14.
Washington (Photo: GettyImages, David Berding)
As we know, Avdia has been on great momentum since Washington released Roy Hachimura and the Israeli has been on a streak of games with double figures, but has recently faded.
The night started badly again, and again he complained about referees.
After not getting a foul again after going into the paint, he looked frustrated, and coach Wes Anseld ordered him to quickly get back on defense.
He then continued to complain, and received a technical foul.
Kyle Kuzma even pushed him to the bench so that he would stop criticizing the referees and endangering himself.
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Avdia (Photo: GettyImages, David Berding)
"Then Danny woke up," NBC wrote about Washington's Israeli in the third quarter. Then just 2 against Portland. Tonight he went 0-for-5 against Minnesota.
"But Avdia showed signs of life again in the third quarter, as Washington began to run the offense through him.
He burst and penetrated for a dunk with an explosive attack, then penetrated to the basket and found Kuzma with a sharp pass, then penetrated to the basket on a dribble in a movement of the basket and fouled Anthony Edwards... In total, he scored 9 of his 10 points in the third quarter."
Now the Wizards have a record of 30:28, and enter the All-Star Game in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, four games behind the Knicks in sixth place before the meeting between them.
The Wizards are half a game behind eighth-placed Atlanta, with two remaining three games against each other.
"For me, it was one of our best 4-3 games of the season, without a doubt," Kuzma said at the end, and "Athletic" reporter Josh Robbins concludes: "Sometimes the way the team wins is just as important as the victory itself. Tonight was such a case".
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