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WAS 4-3
115 – 121
FINAL
BKN 1-6

Washington Wizards 115, Brooklyn Nets 121 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 115, Brooklyn Nets 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 23-35 BKN; Q2 WAS 31-24 BKN; Q3 WAS 30-26 BKN; Q4 WAS 31-36 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Will Riley (WAS) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Nolan Traoré (BKN) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Jamir Watkins (WAS) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Jalen Wilson (BKN) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Julian Reese (WAS) 17 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · WAS
Will Riley
30 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-16 FG
Scoring · BKN
Nolan Traoré
23 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 7-18 FG
Scoring · WAS
Jamir Watkins
20 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 7-11 FG
Season highs
Nolan Traoré · Season-high 23 pointsJamir Watkins · Season-high 20 pointsNolan Traoré · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

WAS 4 largest lead Q4 10:36 (WAS 89, BKN 85) · 8-0 run, Q1 0:23–Q2 10:48
BKN 17 largest lead Q1 2:49 (WAS 15, BKN 32) · 8-0 run, Q4 9:44–Q4 8:30
Swings 6 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Drake Powell makes two point shot (Q4 2:33, WAS 105, BKN 107).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 2:56 Nolan Traore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trevon Scott assists)BKN · WAS 105, BKN 105
  • Q4 2:33 Drake Powell makes two point shotBKN · WAS 105, BKN 107
  • Q4 2:07 Nolan Traore makes driving layup (Jalen Wilson assists)BKN · WAS 105, BKN 109
  • Q4 1:49 Leaky Black makes 23-foot three point jumper (Julian Reese assists)WAS · WAS 108, BKN 109
  • Q4 1:32 Jalen Wilson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nolan Traore assists)BKN · WAS 108, BKN 112
  • Q4 1:15 Nolan Traore makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Wilson assists)BKN · WAS 108, BKN 115
  • Q4 0:42 Trevon Scott makes 2-foot layup (Jalen Wilson assists)BKN · WAS 108, BKN 117
  • Q4 0:34 Will Riley makes 25-foot three pointerWAS · WAS 111, BKN 117
  • Q4 0:23 Nolan Traore makes free throw 1 of 2BKN · WAS 111, BKN 118
  • Q4 0:23 Nolan Traore makes free throw 2 of 2BKN · WAS 111, BKN 119
  • Q4 0:17 Will Riley makes driving layupWAS · WAS 113, BKN 119
  • Q4 0:14 Jalen Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2BKN · WAS 113, BKN 120

Linescore

1234 T
WAS 23313031 115
BKN 35242636 121

🧮 How They Scored

WASBKN
44Points in the paint50
13Fast-break points21
13Second-chance points14
4Points off turnovers35
65Bench points38
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
61.4%Effective FG%58.4%
18.0%Turnover %10.6%
35.5%Offensive rebound %18.9%
0.354Free-throw rate0.277

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jamir Watkins F 4420820247-112-54-6-5
Julian Reese F 44171613048-160-01-5-12
Leaky Black F 428515023-92-60-0-11
Anthony Gill F 4117530108-100-11-1-5
Will Riley F 3530460049-163-79-12-7
Carlton Carrington G 1713330046-81-20-0+6
Jaden Hardy G 148030022-81-43-4+3
Sharife Cooper G 32011001-10-00-0+1

Brooklyn Nets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
E.J. Liddell F 3015520235-72-23-4+8
Drake Powell F 3013123005-101-32-2+13
Nolan Traoré G 2823270037-185-114-4+6
Jalen Wilson F 2619541016-92-45-6+10
Chaney Johnson G-F 219511213-51-12-2+7
Malachi Smith G 212431011-60-40-0-13
Tyson Etienne G 209041013-61-42-20
Josh Minott F 1815112316-111-52-3-2
Ochai Agbaji G 1812421005-112-40-0-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Jamir Watkins Starter 442073.316.8-5.58.4
Anthony Gill Starter 411781.49.9-8.610.3
Carlton Carrington Starter 171381.330.0+10.517.3
Will Riley Bench 353070.528.1-11.013.7
Jaden Hardy Bench 14841.038.7+10.70.0
Sharife Cooper Bench 032100.014.3+14.350.0
Justin Champagnie Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Bilal Coulibaly Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tristan Vukcevic Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tre Johnson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Nolan Traoré Starter 282358.234.3+12.413.4
Jalen Wilson Starter 261981.622.0+19.215.6
E.J. Liddell Starter 301585.617.1+13.18.3
Drake Powell Starter 301359.715.9+21.78.8
Chaney Johnson Starter 21976.514.6+19.114.7
Josh Minott Bench 181560.931.7-2.617.6
Ochai Agbaji Bench 181254.526.8-2.616.9
Tyson Etienne Bench 20965.418.2+2.69.0
Ziaire Williams Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Ben Saraf Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series WAS 1 – 3 BKN
Last 22 meetings · since 2020-21 WAS 8 – 14 BKN
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Washington Wizards 17-61 L6 L10 1-9 Next game recap: vs CHI · Tue, Apr 7
Brooklyn Nets 19-59 W1 L10 2-8 Next game recap: vs MIL · Tue, Apr 7

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