Washington – The Sixers broke their slippage and took advantage of a victory Wednesday evening in their road final.
The team put an end to their sequence of 12 consecutive defeats by winning a 122-103 victory against the Wizards at Capital One Arena.
Jeff Dowtin Jr. scored a 30 -point career summit and Lonnie Walker IV added 24.
The top scorer of Wizards 17-63 was Tristan Vukcevic with 24 points.
Justin Edwards (contusion of the ribs) remained among the The injured players of the Sixers. Tyrese Maxey (sprained right finger) was officially Excluded for the season Before the match. Alex Reese was released in the fourth quarter with a strain of the Achilles tendon straight and did not return.
The 24-56 Sixers welcome the Hawks on Friday evening. Here are observations on their victory on Wizards:
Bona Strong against Sarr
The Sixers started well, taking an advance of 10-2 with two three-point Walker sandwiched between a pair of Dunks Adem Bona.
Bona was impatient to make transition damage And gave the Sixers a threat from ultra-athletic pick-and-roll. The great recruit man finished the first quarter with nine points on a 4-en-4 shot.
It was also good defensively against the overall choice n ° 1 Alex Sarr, closely contesting shots without gonna. Bona is used to cutting it very close to the goal trends, but the Sixers certainly do not care about its hunger for blocks.
He picked up two other refusals on Wednesday, extending his sequence of consecutive matches with at least one pâté of houses at 14.
Dowtin lights up
The guy of usual choice of the Sixers at the end of the season was frozen in the first half. At the intermission, Quentin Grimes was 0 for 10 on the ground.
With Grimes seated, the second Sixers unit played well at the start of the second quarter. Dowtin obtained its first NBA action since The defeat of the Sixers on March 26 against Wizards and served as a safeguard leader. The other submarines of the Sixers were Ricky Council IV, Reese and Colin Castleton.
Dowtin was the star, totaling 11 points in the second quarter. He seemed to be in 13, but Dowtin somehow missed a completely undisputed layup after having slyly slipped a flight to Sarr.
This game was a blow for Dowtin, which continued to ride in the third quarter, it exploded for 11 points in 85 seconds, capping its burst by draining a deep and a heat verifier. The Wizards called Timeout and Dowtin smiled on the way back to the famous Sixers bench.
Finally tasting the victory again
Looking for their first victory in more than three weeks, the Sixers entered the fourth quarter with an advantage of 89-79.
They played a decent zone defense at the start of the fourth and continued to execute a large part of their attack via Dowtin. The 27 -year -old has reached his new career summit by overthrowing a confident basic jumper.
Walker has also scored regularly. Fifty-three points in his last two games is not at all shabby for a player who seeks to prove that he deserves a stable place in the NBA.
In the end, the Sixers did not have to conquer any end of the game obstacle. They have moved away from wizards and, for the first time in a long time, were decisive better than their opponent. The team’s nightmare season will not end with a sequence of 15 consecutive defeats.
