Latvian basketball player Anžejs Pasečņiks scored two points in the last test match of his team “Washington Wizards” in Washington in the last test of the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Monday, but it was not enough to celebrate the first success.
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The Wizards with the 116: 123 (35:38, 30:31, 30:37, 21:17) conceded to the Los Angeles Lakers, who gave rest to their leaders.
Pasečņiks spent a little over eight and a half minutes on the court and scored two points with his only shot from the game. He also intercepted the ball once, blocked the opponent’s shot once and earned one personal note. “Wizards” with Pasečnik Square scored six points more than allowed, which was divided by the best score in the team.
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Rui Hachimur scored 19 points for Jerome and 18 points for Jerome Robinson. Earl Joseph Smith scored 20 points in the Lakers, Dion Whiter scored two less, and six more points, and Alex Carouso earned another 17 points, five rebounds and six assists.
The Lakers survived the game without their leaders Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Kail Kuzma and Dwight Howard.
For the Wizards, this was the third failure in three test games before the NBA season resumed. The Washington unit will play the first game after the resumption of the season on Friday, when it will meet with the Phoenix “Dog”.
The Wizards have managed to win 24 games in 64 games this season, which allows them to take the ninth position in the Eastern Conference. The position above the Orlando Magic is six successes away.
It has already been reported that Rodion Kuruch scored 13 points in favor of the Brooklyn “Nets” in the NBA test on Monday, but this did not save the club from the loss. The Nets with 107: 112 (19:32, 31:30, 22:22, 35:28) gave in to the Utah Jazz.
Kurucs spent 22 minutes and 17 seconds on the court, during which he threw 13 points into the basket, won six rebounds, scored twice, once caught the ball and blocked the opponent’s shot twice. He also earned three personal notes, but “Nets” with a Latvian scored six points more than he let in.
The Latvian basketball player broadcast three of the four long shots in the basket. At the very end of the match, Kurucs threw a basket, but injured his hip when he landed. After the match, “Nets” head coach Jacques Won expressed confidence that everything will be fine with Kuruce.
On Wednesday, the Orlando teams began the test phase before the season finale. In test matches, every quarter is ten minutes instead of 12 minutes as in the NBA season.
The NBA season will resume on July 30 with 22 teams meeting at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando.
