Washington Wizards 118, Portland Trail Blazers 117 — Recap

December 21, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 118, Portland Trail Blazers 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 33-24 POR; Q2 WAS 34-30 POR; Q3 WAS 26-26 POR; Q4 WAS 25-37 POR.

Top performers (box score): Anfernee Simons (POR) 41 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 threes on 15-of-28 shooting; Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 32 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Tyus Jones (WAS) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Deandre Ayton (POR) 23 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists on 10-of-21 shooting; Jerami Grant (POR) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Anfernee Simons

41 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 7 3PM · 15-28 FG

Scoring · WAS

Kyle Kuzma

32 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · WAS

Tyus Jones

24 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Anfernee Simons · Season-high 41 pointsTyus Jones · Season-high 24 pointsDeandre Ayton · Season-high 23 pointsDeni Avdija · Season-high 11 reboundsAnfernee Simons · Season-high 7 threesTyus Jones · Season-high 5 threes

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
WAS	33	34	26	25		118
POR	24	30	26	37		117

🧮 How They Scored

WASPOR

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.9%Effective FG%53.4%

11.1%Turnover %12.6%

19.4%Offensive rebound %42.6%

0.368Free-throw rate0.264

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyle Kuzma F	37	32	8	6	1	—	3	11-22	3-7	7-10	+4
Tyus Jones G	36	24	3	3	1	—	2	9-15	5-7	1-2	+6
Deni Avdija F	35	13	11	6	1	—	2	4-7	0-1	5-7	+9
Jordan Poole G	34	13	2	6	1	—	3	4-13	0-4	5-5	+5
Daniel Gafford F	31	16	8	—	4	6	1	7-10	—	2-3	+9
Corey Kispert F	22	9	—	2	—	—	—	3-8	2-6	1-1	—
Bilal Coulibaly G	18	2	2	2	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	-13

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anfernee Simons G	38	41	4	7	—	—	3	15-28	7-14	4-5	-2
Deandre Ayton C	35	23	16	2	—	1	5	10-21	—	3-4	-8
Jerami Grant F	32	20	2	4	1	—	2	6-14	4-7	4-7	-15
Matisse Thybulle G-F	30	—	4	2	3	3	—	0-3	0-2	—	+19
Scoot Henderson G	26	4	4	2	—	—	1	0-5	—	4-4	+7
Jabari Walker F	24	8	11	3	1	1	2	3-6	1-2	1-2	+18
Toumani Camara F	18	4	3	—	1	—	—	2-3	0-1	—	-16
Duop Reath C	10	10	5	—	—	1	1	4-7	1-1	1-1	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	37	32	60.6	34.1	+7.8	18.2
Tyus Jones	Bench	36	24	75.6	21.4	+6.4	14.6
Daniel Gafford	Bench	31	16	70.7	16.0	+14.8	13.1
Jordan Poole	Bench	34	13	42.8	22.0	+5.3	5.5
Deni Avdija	Bench	35	13	64.5	14.5	+14.9	13.6
Corey Kispert	Bench	22	9	53.3	16.3	-5.8	7.8
Bilal Coulibaly	Bench	18	2	100.0	2.6	-26.6	1.5
Anthony Gill	Bench	0	—	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0
Ryan Rollins	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anfernee Simons	Bench	38	41	67.9	33.0	-2.5	19.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	35	23	50.5	31.1	-12.4	9.6
Jerami Grant	Bench	32	20	58.5	23.8	-22.1	7.2
Duop Reath	Bench	10	10	67.2	33.3	+44.3	26.4
Jabari Walker	Bench	24	8	58.1	15.0	+33.1	13.7
Scoot Henderson	Bench	26	4	29.6	12.3	+13.2	1.0
Toumani Camara	Bench	18	4	66.7	6.7	-37.0	4.8
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	30	—	0.0	4.0	+32.8	3.9
Kris Murray	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0