Washington Wizards 97, Portland Trail Blazers 112 — Recap

March 17, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 97, Portland Trail Blazers 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 24-31 POR; Q2 WAS 25-28 POR; Q3 WAS 21-30 POR; Q4 WAS 27-23 POR.

Top performers (box score): Anfernee Simons (POR) 30 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Alexandre Sarr (WAS) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Tristan Vukcevic (WAS) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Shaedon Sharpe (POR) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Deni Avdija (POR) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Anfernee Simons

30 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · WAS

Alexandre Sarr

20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 7-16 FG

Scoring · WAS

Tristan Vukcevic

17 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 6-13 FG

Season highs

Kris Murray · Season-high 10 rebounds

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	24	25	21	27		97
POR	31	28	30	23		112

🧮 How They Scored

WASPOR

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.1%Effective FG%51.0%

12.6%Turnover %7.1%

16.7%Offensive rebound %30.4%

0.154Free-throw rate0.196

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
AJ Johnson G	35	8	7	4	—	1	6	3-8	1-4	1-2	-3
Carlton Carrington G	25	3	4	8	—	1	1	1-7	0-4	1-2	-14
Tristan Vukcevic F	24	17	8	2	1	2	3	6-13	3-6	2-2	-5
Alexandre Sarr C	22	20	4	3	1	2	—	7-16	3-9	3-3	-7
Anthony Gill F	21	7	4	1	—	—	1	3-5	—	1-2	-4
KyShawn George F	20	11	3	—	—	—	1	5-11	1-3	—	-4
Justin Champagnie F	19	5	5	2	1	—	—	2-9	1-4	—	-9
Jordan Poole G	11	9	1	1	1	—	—	3-6	2-5	1-1	-5
Khris Middleton F	11	4	3	—	—	—	—	2-3	—	—	-5

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kris Murray F	37	5	10	3	4	—	—	2-8	0-3	1-2	+12
Scoot Henderson G	31	11	5	3	—	—	2	5-14	1-5	—	+17
Deni Avdija F	27	15	6	2	—	—	2	5-11	3-7	2-2	+2
Shaedon Sharpe G	25	16	5	2	2	—	2	6-14	2-7	2-4	-3
Donovan Clingan C	25	11	13	2	—	—	—	5-9	—	1-4	+18
Anfernee Simons G	23	30	1	2	—	—	1	10-17	5-11	5-5	+21
Duop Reath C	23	15	4	3	1	1	1	5-11	3-6	2-2	-3
Matisse Thybulle G-F	22	9	4	3	5	1	—	4-9	1-5	—	+14
Bryce McGowens G	5	—	1	—	—	—	—	0-4	0-1	—	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Alexandre Sarr	Bench	22	20	57.7	30.9	-17.6	17.5
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	24	17	61.2	29.8	-11.7	16.7
KyShawn George	Bench	20	11	50.0	25.0	-12.6	5.6
Jordan Poole	Bench	11	9	69.9	24.0	-21.7	16.7
AJ Johnson	Bench	35	8	45.0	17.2	-7.0	4.2
Anthony Gill	Bench	21	7	59.5	14.3	-11.5	6.5
Justin Champagnie	Bench	19	5	27.8	19.6	-20.4	3.7
Khris Middleton	Bench	11	4	66.7	12.0	-21.7	10.4
Carlton Carrington	Bench	25	3	19.0	14.5	-26.9	5.6

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anfernee Simons	Bench	23	30	78.1	32.8	+35.3	22.9
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	25	16	50.8	28.1	-3.7	12.0
Deni Avdija	Bench	27	15	63.1	19.4	+6.9	11.1
Duop Reath	Bench	23	15	63.1	23.6	-6.1	13.7
Scoot Henderson	Bench	31	11	39.3	20.8	+26.2	3.2
Donovan Clingan	Bench	25	11	51.1	17.2	+36.5	13.1
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	22	9	50.0	15.8	+29.8	16.8
Kris Murray	Bench	37	5	28.2	10.7	+18.7	8.4
Deandre Ayton	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jerami Grant	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robert Williams III	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryce McGowens	Bench	5	—	0.0	44.4	+37.5	-37.5
Toumani Camara	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0