The visiting Washington basketball players prevailed over the Indiana “Pacers” with a score of 114:107 (36:25, 24:27, 27:25, 27:30).
Porzingis started the match in the starting five, playing 31 minutes and 46 seconds, during which he made four of nine two-point shots, one of five long shots and four of six “penalties”. Liepājnieks also gave three assists, blocked two shots, committed two errors and violated the rules twice. “Wizards” with Porzingis scored seven more points than they allowed.
During the warm-up, Porzingis twisted his ankle and, as the basketball player admitted to the media after the match, it caused him discomfort during the game.
Bradley Beal, who scored 23 points, and Kyle Kuzma, who scored 22 points and 13 rebounds, also had a productive performance in the “Wizards” team.
Tyris Haliburton scored 26 points for the Pacers, while rookie Benedikts Maturin had 19 points.
The “Wizards” reached the ten-point mark in six minutes, mostly with the performance of Beal and Porzingis. Likewise, both basketball players, after the “Pacers” reached 43-44 with nine points in a row in the middle of the second quarter, responded with a 12-2 breakthrough, both of them scoring nine points in this period.
“Wizards” striker Deni Avdija did not finish the match due to an injury.
The team represented by Porzingis will play the next game on Friday, when they host Chicago “Bulls” at home.
