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The Washington Wizards trailed by double digits at the start of the final quarter in their home game against the Charlotte Hornets tonight (Friday-Saturday), but in the final 12 minutes they delivered their best quarter of the season, scoring 44 points.
She stopped the guest at only 24, won 100:112 and benefited from setting a new club record, when she broke a streak of 16 losses.
And Danny Avdia played a very significant role on the way to the first home victory since December 29.
Avdia scored 11 points in the last quarter out of 18 in the entire game, when he scored 2 more at the buzzer of the third quarter to reduce the gap to single digits and signal the change of momentum, and together with Kyle Kuzma in money time led the Wizards to a turnaround and a victory that improved the balance to 53 :10.
The Israeli completed a great double-double with 14 rebounds and added 2 assists and 2 blocks.
In total, Avdia scored 7/12 for 2, 1/2 for 3 and 1/3 from the penalty line in 35 minutes, when in the last quarter he did not get off the floor, like Kuzma, Corey Kispert and Jordan Paul.
A lot to go to the paint in the last quarter.
Avdia is on the way to more points/Reuters
Avdia with Micic/Reuters
Washington got into trouble after a great first half defensively, in which they stopped the Hornets for 45 points and already managed to go up to plus 15 on the scoreboard.
The third quarter saw Charlotte turn and run away, but 2 minutes of Anthony Gill off the bench changed the energy.
In a very bad shooting night from outside the arc, in which the Wizards recorded 18% for 3 (6/33), Avdia and Kuzma wisely decided to attack the ring in the last quarter and thus led the team to break the longest losing streak in the club's history, along with the one recorded in the 2009/10 season .
Kuzma was close to a triple-double and finished with 28 points, along with 8 rebounds and 9 assists.
Paul added 15 points and 7 assists, Rishon Holmes scored 14 and pulled down 11 rebounds.
In Charlotte Belt Miles Bridges had 32 and 12 rebounds, rookie Brandon Miller contributed 21 points.
The Hornets suffered their sixth consecutive loss and seventh in eight games, dropping to 48:15.
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