John Wall typically is the Washington Wizards’ crunch-time scorer.
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Beal did his thing at Milwaukee, scoring 26 points in the game which included a 14 point outburst in the 4th quarter where he hit 5 treys to clinch the win.
“He’s taken my role for another night”, Wall said.
Before the regular season started Wednesday in Orlando, the Washington Wizards were confident that their remodeled offense would generate more points than in years past.
Ramon Sessions was the X-Factor tonight, giving the Wizards 23 points off of the bench.
In the end, it was the three-point shot that pushed the Wizards past the Bucks. Washington put together two big runs to put them over the top. “In the preseason it’s totally different”.
After a spinning layup by Monroe tied the score at 102-102, the Wizards went on a 3-point spree, with Beal sinking a pair and Sessions one.
The porous defense for the second consecutive game concerned Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd. “We’re trying to outscore people and it’s affecting our defense”. “We’ve got to be better at defense”. Greg Monroe added 20 points on 10-of-14 shooting. Not only were they playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo due to a one-game suspension gleaned from last season’s playoffs, but they were also absent Jabari Parker due to his late-stage recovery from a torn ACL. An angry Antetokounmpo slammed Bulls forward Mike Dunleavy into the first row of seats after taking a shot to the neck a play earlier. Michael Carter-Williams added his first double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 assists. It was the Wizards’ first lead since Marcin Gortat scored the first basket of the game.
Antetokounmpo scored 11 points in the first 8 minutes, despite stepping out of bounds with the ball twice. “We picked up the slack from the first unit because they can’t do it all”. Both players have a lot to prove if they want to establish themselves as the one of the best backcourt tandem in the association. We’re not committed right now, and we got to change that.
Before the game, Wittman said his team would have difficulty winning if it allowed too many turnovers, citing “18 or 19” as too many.
Bradley Beal, for all intents and purposes, appeared for three quarters like a man who had spent the previous night dining on brats and lager-forgetting the next day’s athletic endeavour. Johnny O’Bryant started in place of Chris Copeland at power forward.
The Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, who had 37 points on Saturday night, tries to get past the Wizards’ Jared Dudley.
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The Bucks next travel to face the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
