The Washington Wizards (2-8) lost 128-124 to the Miami Heat (4-4) on Saturday night in a game where Washington’s leading stars all put the game out, but some younger players performed, though that was not enough. .
I’m not sure what to think of the game I’ll get later. The most important thing is to focus on the coronavirus. Bradley Beal suspended the match because he was a close contact for a positive case of the coronavirus, namely Jayson Tatum. In the days ahead, we can see Washington players taking the positive test for the virus, which has killed more than 370,000 people and infected more than 22 million. But since the NBA is reluctant to stop games unless their schedules are exposed (or among eight players), that’s not something I would do.
Anyway, Russell Westbrook also suspended this game due to a foursome injury. I’m not sure at the moment what to think about the injury, but it at least gave Raul Neto a start again and Garrison Mathews extended a long playing time.
And if that wasn’t enough, Thomas Bryant played short and left the game early due to an apparent knee injury.
Even Moritz Wagner and Troy Brown got time again, though probably due to Beal and Westbrook.
As for my feeling on the game itself, the Wizards were back to get the Heat to do what they wanted, even though they kept it relatively close in the first half and were down 75-71. Let me say it again. 75-71! If the Wizards had not shot well to start the game, they would have been blown out of the Capital One Arena!
Both teams cooled down in the third quarter, but the Wizards did … by a little too much. they shot only a total of 23.1 percent and allowed the Heat into the fourth quarter with a 103-86 lead. Although that was not enough, we finally saw Garrison Mathews score 22 points to lead Washington and Deni Avdija scored a career high of 20 points and made a few lattice tries to make this game interesting.
Jimmy Butler led the Heat by 26 points.
The Wizards’ next game is on Monday, January 11 against the Phoenix Suns at 19:00 ET. I still do not feel good about the events of this week and … yes. It’s hard to be a Wizards fan now. But somehow it will also pass.