After 31 winless days, the struggling Washington Wizards lastly received a victory — and a blowout.
The NBA’s worst staff scored 45 factors within the first quarter and led by 33 factors after three quarters in a 132-113 win over the Atlanta Hawks. It was solely the Wizards’ second win of the season, however they made up for a season of frustration by pummeling a Hawks staff that missed 10 of their first 11 photographs and by no means recovered.
CJ McCollum starred in a recreation that may very well be an audition for a greater staff
The Wizards had been led by a stellar recreation from CJ McCollum, who scored 46 factors and made 10 three-pointers in 37 minutes. The 34-year-old McCollum is averaging 18.2 factors for the Wizards after coming over in a salary-dump commerce from the New Orleans Pelicans in the summertime. To his credit score, the veteran guard is taking part in properly for a staff that appeared headed for the highest of the draft lottery by design.
McCollum is a consummate skilled who is efficacious as a veteran mentor for the extraordinarily younger Wizards, who’ve 10 gamers who’re youthful than Olivia Rodrigo (22). However he is additionally proving that he can present capturing for no matter playoff staff inevitably wants a scoring guard within the subsequent few months. It is a win-win state of affairs: The Wizards get extra draft capital, and McCollum will get to play in significant video games after the All-Star break.
