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333 days have passed since the last time Washington strung together two consecutive victories.
Tonight (between Monday and Tuesday) they celebrated the rare event for the first time this season and after almost a whole year, after beating San Antonio 113:118 outside two days after the 104:118 victory in Detroit.
Thanks to the victory, the Wizards improved to 37:9, still holding the second worst record in the NBA after the Pistons.
The Spurs, who have a record of 37:10, slightly above them.
Brian Keefe, the assistant coach who was promoted to head coach until the end of the season after Wes Anseld Jr. was fired, won his second of three games in the job.
But from the narrow point of view of Dani Avdia's fans in Israel, the new man on the lines is not necessarily good news.
Since Keef's appointment, Avdia plays less, is less influential and dominant and mostly doesn't get opportunities to close games.
Tonight Avdia got 25 minutes in which he managed to score 9 points (only the third game in the last 17 in which he drops double digits) along with 8 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal, a block and also 3 turnovers.
The Israeli forward was not bad in the minutes he received and was accurate on 3-of-6 from the field and 3-of-5 from the penalty line, but was ruled out in the last 10 minutes, with rookie Bilal Koulibaly favored over him and playing almost the entire fourth quarter.
Avdia, by the way, broke a tooth at the beginning of the third quarter after running into a San Antonio player, and in the following minutes he had to play with a dental guard.
Cause for concern?
Avdia in action tonight/Reuters
Looked not bad, when he played.
Avdia Matvea/Reuters
This is how Avdia looked after the tooth broke
The game opened under the control of San Antonio and Victor Wambanyama, who very quickly reached a double-digit number of points and also made sure that the Spurs opened such a gap.
Popovich's team, which only recently beat Washington in an away game, seemed to be on the safe way to another victory against them when they led by 14 in the second half, but a strong finish by Washington and a final quarter of 20:31 to their advantage, arranged the kind of turnaround that the Wizards have experienced so many times on the losing side In recent years.
Kyle Kuzma was the best in the ranks of the Wizards with 18 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and two blocks, Daniel Gafford recorded his own double-double with 16 and 13 rebounds, Tyus Jones led the game and finished with 15 and 9 assists and Marvin Bagley (15), Jordan Paul (13) and Bilal Koulibaly (13 in 31 minutes) reached double figures.
Victory slipped through the fingers.
Wumbanyama/GettyImages, Ronald Cortes
San Antonio was led by Devin Vassell with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Victor Wombenyama with 22, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks and Jedi Osman who contributed 20 off the bench.
In the next game, Washington will host the Clippers on the night between Wednesday and Thursday, for Jewish Heritage Night at Capital One Arena.
Avdia will hope to get more minutes and credit, and the Wizards will hope to surprise and extend the streak.
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