The Washington Wizards finally quenched their thirst as they reduce the Portland Trail Blazers to a loss Friday night 83-79.
Arena Stats
The game was played at the famous Verizon Center, Washington, DC. There wasn’t a very large crowd at dispense of both the teams as the attendance recorded was 13,408.
Game scoring
The lead changed six times and game was tied seven times as the game rounded up at the feet of the Wizards at the end.
Washington Wizards (6-12)
Andrea Blatche scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Gilbert Arenas dished out six assists and took away 15 and JaVale McGee scored 13 points and grabbed ten impressive rebounds as the Wizards batted past the Blazers reducing them to trails. The team
took eight rebounds.
Portland Trail Blazers (8-11)
Brandon Roy scored 18 points, LaMarcus Aldridge scored 16 and dug 15 rebounds, Andre Miller scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Portland Trail Blazers. The team had eight rebounds.
Game stats
Blazers had 51 rebounds whereas the Wizards had 43. The Portland Blazers took 23 offensive rebounds and the Wizards had 12. The Blazers gave away 14 turnovers and the Wizards had 17.
Portland took 12 fast break points and the Wizards took 20. The Blazers took biggest lead with 12 points and the Wizards by eight. The Blazers had 30 points in the paint and the Washington Wizards succeeded in accomplishing 40.
Blazers were restricted to 33 percent from the field by the Wizards as they made their way out with 83 points. Washington took a long deep breath as they broke their four-game losing streak and threw the Blazers into a dark pit of their sixth losing streak,
first one since the end of 2005-06 season.
McGee acted as the Wizards’ shield as he blocked five shots for them. Brandon saved the Blazers from hiding their face in public as he scored 18 points for them.
Unhappy coach
Portland coach Nate McMillan was not very pleased with his team as he later said, “Evidently, they're not responding to me.”
Wizards play puppets on the Blazers
The Wizards had tied strings to the Blazers and would not let them get past 10 points in the third quarter. Portland missed 16 of 21 shots in the very same quarter. Washington succeeded in limiting their opponent team to 10 points and that was surely the
lowest for Blazers this season too.
U-Turn
The Wizards knew no mercy in the fourth quarter as they held the Blazers to zero goals for seven minutes. It was hard to assume that the Wizards would lead the game before that but after that it became evident.
HOT
Blatche went 7 for 13 from the field and 5 for 6 from the line.
Blunders by the Blazers
Too many to mention! Where else would the Blazers go if their starters were playing at such a rate? Miller was just 2 for 12 from the field, Aldridge was 6 for 17, Wesley Williams was 2 for 9.
Thumbs up for Arenas
Arenas had the exact spirit that his team needed. As he came off the bench, he combined along with John Wall and Kirk Hinrich and shot 13 for 39.
Thumbs down for Miller
The game was not that very exciting when Andre Miller was playing. Embarrassingly he missed all his five field goals in the fourth quarter and was just 1 for 9 in the third one.
Coming up
Trail Blazers: Sunday vs. Clippers, Tuesday vs. Suns, Thursday vs. Magic
Wizards: Sunday vs. Suns, Tuesday vs. Lakers, Wednesday vs. Kings
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