NBA Final Intelligence

WAS 4-3
126 โ€“ 131
FINAL
GSW 5-3

Washington Wizards 126, Golden State Warriors 131 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 126, Golden State Warriors 131. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 25-38 GSW; Q2 WAS 35-34 GSW; Q3 WAS 34-20 GSW; Q4 WAS 32-39 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Kristaps Porzingis (GSW) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Gui Santos (GSW) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Brandin Podziemski (GSW) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Will Riley (WAS) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Bilal Coulibaly (WAS) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท GSW
28 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM ยท 9-17 FG
Scoring ยท GSW
27 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM ยท 8-12 FG
Scoring ยท GSW
22 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM ยท 6-13 FG
Season highs
Kristaps Porzingis ยท Season-high 5 threes

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

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

WAS 5 largest lead Q4 8:17 (WAS 104, GSW 99) ยท 11-0 run, Q3 10:00โ€“Q3 7:16
GSW 16 largest lead Q1 0:29 (WAS 22, GSW 38) ยท 10-0 run, Q1 6:40โ€“Q1 4:35
Swings 3 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q4 5:16, WAS 111, GSW 112).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 2:13 Brandin Podziemski makes 27-foot three point jumper (Draymond Green assists)GSW ยท WAS 116, GSW 125
  • Q4 1:59 Anthony Gill makes 1-foot reverse layup (Will Riley assists)WAS ยท WAS 118, GSW 125
  • Q4 1:00 Jaden Hardy makes free throw 1 of 2WAS ยท WAS 119, GSW 125
  • Q4 1:00 Jaden Hardy makes free throw 2 of 2WAS ยท WAS 120, GSW 125
  • Q4 0:41 Brandin Podziemski makes free throw 1 of 2GSW ยท WAS 120, GSW 126
  • Q4 0:41 Brandin Podziemski makes free throw 2 of 2GSW ยท WAS 120, GSW 127
  • Q4 0:26 Jaden Hardy makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshotWAS ยท WAS 123, GSW 127
  • Q4 0:24 Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 1 of 2GSW ยท WAS 123, GSW 128
  • Q4 0:24 Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 2 of 2GSW ยท WAS 123, GSW 129
  • Q4 0:14 Will Riley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Justin Champagnie assists)WAS ยท WAS 126, GSW 129
  • Q4 0:11 Gui Santos makes free throw 1 of 2GSW ยท WAS 126, GSW 130
  • Q4 0:11 Gui Santos makes free throw 2 of 2GSW ยท WAS 126, GSW 131

Linescore

1234 T
WAS 25353432 126
GSW 38342039 131

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

WASGSW
52Points in the paint46
11Fast-break points9
12Second-chance points10
20Points off turnovers18
70Bench points40
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
62.1%Effective FG%62.9%
10.0%Turnover %10.0%
13.9%Offensive rebound %21.4%
0.105Free-throw rate0.365

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Leaky Black F 424841002-90-30-0-8
Will Riley F 2922552018-123-53-3+6
Carlton Carrington G 2616250036-104-50-0-5
Anthony Gill F 2514132117-90-10-00
Justin Champagnie F 256230023-80-40-0+6
Alexandre Sarr C 238930113-101-41-2-8
Tre Johnson G 2211100015-111-50-0-11
Bilal Coulibaly G 1921620108-164-91-2-7
Jaden Hardy G 1214000014-54-52-2-7
Sharife Cooper G 117140013-40-01-1+8
Jamir Watkins F 63300001-11-10-0+1

Golden State Warriors

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Gui Santos F 3327440018-123-58-9+5
Brandin Podziemski G 33221072036-133-87-8+7
Draymond Green F 3264101232-41-31-2+4
Kristaps Porzingis F-C 2928830009-175-115-7+5
LJ Cryer G 2712220004-134-100-0+11
Gary Payton II G 2515521127-110-11-3+4
Pat Spencer G 2513521025-91-22-2+3
Will Richard G 258220003-52-40-0-10
Malevy Leons F 30000000-10-00-00

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Bilal Coulibaly Starter 192162.234.7-19.621.3
Carlton Carrington Starter 261680.020.3-6.710.9
Tre Johnson Starter 221150.021.1-26.83.1
Alexandre Sarr Starter 23836.821.1-18.44.2
Will Riley Bench 292282.621.5+11.615.0
Anthony Gill Bench 251477.817.50.012.3
Jaden Hardy Bench 1214119.026.9-26.916.9
Sharife Cooper Bench 11778.819.2+32.013.6
Justin Champagnie Bench 25637.517.5+10.90.6
Jamir Watkins Bench 063150.07.1+7.719.4
Tristan Vukcevic Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kristaps Porzingis Starter 292869.728.2+11.519.3
Gui Santos Starter 332784.621.3+8.413.1
Brandin Podziemski Starter 332266.623.3+9.115.1
Will Richard Starter 25880.07.8-15.46.0
Draymond Green Starter 32661.510.3+7.310.0
Gary Payton II Bench 251560.925.0+13.99.6
Pat Spencer Bench 251365.822.2+8.110.0
LJ Cryer Bench 271246.220.3+17.45.0
Malevy Leons Bench 0300.014.30.0-6.7

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series WAS 0 โ€“ 2 GSW
Last 12 meetings ยท since 2020-21 WAS 3 โ€“ 9 GSW
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Washington Wizards 17-56 L1 L10 1-9 Next game recap: @ POR ยท Sun, Mar 29
Golden State Warriors 36-38 W3 L10 4-6 Next game recap: @ DEN ยท Sun, Mar 29

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