The Washington Wizards lost to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night, 124-113 at Capital One Arena. The loss drops them to 5-22 while the Spurs improve to 21-7.
The first half of this game went poorly for Washington and as expected to some degree. The Wizards were out-rebounded 33-20 in the first 24 minutes while the Spurs raced to a 69-49 lead. Tristan Vukcevic scored 16 of his 18 points to lead the Wizards but there wasn’t much to root for besides his strong play that half.
Washington was able to cut the deficit in the third quarter by “winning” 37-29 with Bub Carrington and Tre Johnson scoring in double digits in that period alone and shooting a combined 7-of-8 from the field in that period. That said, the Spurs were still undoubtedly in control of this contest. Carrington ultimately led the wizards with 21 points and Johnson added 19 points off the bench.
For the Spurs, De’Aaron Fox led with 27 points, Luke Kornet added 20 more and Victor Wembanyama added 14 points and 12 rebounds off the bench in just 21 minutes.
The Wizards’ next game is on Tuesday when they go on the road to play the Charlotte Hornets. Tip off is at 7 p.m. ET. See you then.
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