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The world as usual: Danny Avdia continues to excel, Washington continues to lose. The Israeli tonight (between Friday and Saturday) provided 22 points and 12 rebounds against Portland, but it was not enough and the Wizards lost again - this time 108:102. Since the Israeli All-Star break, he has averaged excellent 16.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, and since the beginning of March he has had eight double-doubles.
There was great doubt if Avdia would even be able to take part in the game, after the strong elbow he received to the head from LeBron James in the game against the Los Angeles Lakers. As I recall, King James hit the Washington player during a penetration attempt, with a brutal and deliberate blow, which caused the Israeli forward to leave the game and not return for the second half.
Avdia who suffered from a migraine was examined by the doctors, and they finally approved him to play against the Blazers. "I hope I don't have any damage to my head. It's difficult. The doctors examined me well and allowed me to play," he said after the game.
The Israeli was asked if LeBron's move was intentional, he claimed that it was not - but nevertheless criticized the conduct of the biggest star in the world: "I don't think it was intentional, I hit him in the game in Los Angeles, but I expected that if I was hit in the face like that, they would check how I was doing Afterwards. He didn't do it, so it pissed me off a little bit, but at the end of the day it's sports. I'll take a beating, even if I get a concussion, but part of it is being a man and coming and asking, 'How are you feeling?' It's just good sportsmanship and he didn't do it. It's okay. I got over it."
will not relax Avdia against LeBron/Reuters
Regarding the game itself, Avdia knows that if Washington doesn't know how to open games properly, it will continue to lose: "We turned on the engines too late. In the first half, we didn't guard properly, we didn't take rebounds, we didn't score 3s. There is a big difference in the two halves and we have to come More prepared, and to start in a better way. There were too many games this season where we woke up late and it wasn't enough." About the improvement in his finishing this season he said: "I'm aggressive and attack the ring, it's not too complicated."
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