Kyle Kuzma and Deni Avdija help keep the Wizards from setting their franchise record for consecutive losses with a 112-100 win over the Hornets.
Kyle Kuzma finished with 28 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, as the Wizards beat the Hornets, 112-100, to snap their franchise-record-tying 16-game skid.
It’s not that the Wizards lack talent, Jones said, but that they play without the feral desperation you might expect from a group of professional athletes that last won a game Jan. 29.It took until midway through the fourth quarter Friday night, but Washington finally bared its teeth — and beat the Charlotte Hornets, 112-100, to finally, mercifully, get a win.The difference? The Wizards finally started playing with some force.
After a second half of disorganized defense by the Wizards and three-pointers from the Hornets, Kyle Kuzma started throttling his way to the rim, at one point spinning 180 degrees against defender Brandon Miller to do so. Backup center Richaun Holmes, in for Marvin Bagley III , pulled in rebounds as if his life depended on it.
“He changed the game,” Kuzma said. “You look at a box score, it doesn’t matter, but just his energy. He came in, right away got a little basket … came out the game, but he’s just the ultimate professional. He’s a great North Star for all of us as a man.”Kuzma led the team with 28 points and nine assists. Avdija had 18 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter, and 14 rebounds.
Holmes had 14 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double since Jan. 31, when he played for the Dallas Mavericks. He may stay in the starting lineup for some time; Keefe said before the game that Bagley will be reevaluated in a week after he missed his second straight game with lower back spasms.The Hornets , meanwhile, faltered in the fourth, in which they shot 37.5 percent from the field and made just one three-pointer.“It feels good, man.
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