Wizards forward/center Anthony Davis has passed 40 points and 10 rebounds on the night, marking the first 40-point double-double for the Wizards since Deni Avdija (2/14/24).
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Wizards forward/center Anthony Davis is one of five Wizards players to register 30+ points in a half since at least 1996-97.
He joins Bradley Beal, John Wall, Gilbert Arenas and Michael Jordan.
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Wizards forward/center Anthony Davis put up 30 points and eight rebounds in the first half on .909 shooting from the floor.
He's recorded at least 30/8 on at least .900 from the field in a half twice in his career now (last time on 2/14/18 vs. the Lakers), and he is the only player in the NBA to do so since at least 1996-97.
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Wizards forward Kyshawn George enters tonight's game averaging 18.5 points, 5.3 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.
He is one of five players (Alperen Şengün, Nikola Jokić, Cade Cunningham and Giannis Antetokounmpo) averaging 18+ points, 5+ assists, 4+ rebounds and 1+ block per game this season.
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Wizards forward/center Alex Sarr has notched a double-double in the first half at Oklahoma City.
It's the first time in his career that he's posted a double-double in just one half of basketball.
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Wizards forward Kyshawn George has joined John Wall and Chris Webber as the only Wizards under the age of 23 to record 30+ points, 7+ assists, 4+ rebounds, 2+ blocks and 1+ steal in a single game since 1973-74.
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With his fourth 20-point, 10-assist double-double of the season, Wizards guard Trae Young now has the third-most such games over the first nine games of a season in Wizards history behind Russell Westbrook (five in 2020-21) and Michael Adams (seven in 1991-92).
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Kyshawn George passed 20 points on the night on his third three-pointer of the evening.
He has now recorded 20+ points for the third straight game and 3+ three-pointers for the fourth straight game, both career-long streaks.
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Wizards forward/center Alex Sarr has recorded his 10th career game with at least two steals and two blocks.
He is the only player from the 2024 Draft class to have 10 such games in their career.
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Wizards forward/center Anthony Davis registered 18 points, six rebounds, three assists and two blocks in the first half vs. Atlanta.
He joins Chris Webber (two occurences) as the only Wizards to have reached those numbers in a single half since at least 1996-97.
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With his three blocks at Orlando, Wizards guard/forward Bilal Coulibaly passed 150 career blocks in his 185th career game.
He is the fastest Wizards player to reach 150+ steals and 150+ blocks to start their career.
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By holding the Magic to 94 points in tonight's game, Washington has now held its opponents to under 100 points in back-to-back games for the first time since doing so from 12/30/22-1/1/23 (at Milwaukee and at Orlando).
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The Wizards allowed just 9 points in the third quarter at Orlando.
It's the first time they've held a team under 10 points in a quarter since only allowing 8 points vs. New Orleans in the fourth quarter on 2/4/17.
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Wizards guard/forward AJ Dybantsa, forward/center Anthony Davis and center Deandre Ayton all started tonight's game at Orlando.
Per @Sportradar, the last time an NBA team started three former #1 overall draft picks, including the most recent #1 pick, was 12/8/84 when the Houston Rockets started John Lucas, Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon at Portland.
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The Washington Wizards announced today that guard Reece Beekman has sustained a right acromioclavicular (AC) joint injury. He will be reevaluated in approximately three weeks.