Game 35: Washington Wizards (12-20) @ Utah Jazz (18-16)

[FJS]

Utah and Washington meet for non-conference showdown

[FJS]

https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/nba-lineups.php

WAS OUT D. Wright
GTD K. Porzingis

UTAH OUT K. Olynyk
GTD C. Sexton

[FranchisePlayer]

Would love to see a match-up between Porzingis and Markkanen.

And Jordan, remember, 12 is your limit for this game. We don't want to see any shenanigans from you, pal.

[vryadli]

O-o-o!!! I like that early timeout! If it means what I hope it means - Hardy is maddened by 2 Clarkson shots against 0 assists... But again, maybe it means something else...

I wonder - in modern NBA - how many shots in a row an energetic athletic and entertaining all-star-bordering sg is going to miss before he s just to be aggressive and starts to consider a passing to a very efficient forward, who seemingly cannot miss at all?

[dautjazz]

Another great performance by Kessler. He needs to continue starting when we're at full strength.

[Crunch 99]

It was great having Sexton's youthful energy and intensity back. He had zero assists, but he had very efficient shooting to produce 18 pts on 7 fga. Beasley, Sexton and Naw together produced 51 pts on 30 fga as our bench outscored the Wizards' bench 53 to 31.

On the downside, the Jazz only had 16 assists for the game. Naw got four of them in a solid performance off the bench.

The Jazz were lucky Porzingis didn't suit up. When the Wizards beat us the first meeting, Porzingis had 31 points on 20 fga, including 4-8 from three.

[Inigo Montoya]

It was good to have Sexton back. I really enjoyed his battle with Beal in the 4th quarter, it was a lot of fun to watch.

Good performance by Beasley and Kessler, ordinary night for Clarkson and Markkanen, but it did look to me like the Jazz were trying to look for Markkanen more in the second half than usual. He didn't make his shots, but it was an improvement.

[mg]

The bench is so much better with Sexton back. He was a literal ball of fire tonight.

Kessler just keeps getting better every game.

[FranchisePlayer]

O-o-o!!! I like that early timeout! If it means what I hope it means - Hardy is maddened by 2 Clarkson shots against 0 assists... But again, maybe it means something else...

I wonder - in modern NBA - how many shots in a row an energetic athletic and entertaining all-star-bordering sg is going to miss before he s just to be aggressive and starts to consider a passing to a very efficient forward, who seemingly cannot miss at all?

Ask Lavine, he's done that often.

Although I think he's yet to find the right answer.

[FranchisePlayer]

It was great having Sexton's youthful energy and intensity back. He had zero assists, but he had very efficient shooting to produce 18 pts on 7 fga. Beasley, Sexton and Naw together produced 51 pts on 30 fga as our bench outscored the Wizards' bench 53 to 31.

On the downside, the Jazz only had 16 assists for the game. Naw got four of them in a solid performance off the bench.

The Jazz were lucky Porzingis didn't suit up. When the Wizards beat us the first meeting, Porzingis had 31 points on 20 fga, including 4-8 from three.

That's a fitting role for Sexton. Of the bench to fill in for a few minutes, no obligations to try and run the offense as starting PG.

Question is, in that capacity is he really worth $18 mil. a season?

[Cappy_Smurf]

Utah is now only 1 game behind 4th place. Seems weird to be that close to having home court in the playoffs, yet I think most fans are rooting for losses.

Weird season.