[A song for the current mood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvDTkTKi5pA)
Teams:
1. The Wizards are now on a 34-44 and we’re off the playoffs contention because the Bulls had 23 points comeback vs. the Grizzlies & won 128-107!
[Full Details to why is here](https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/12a3cbv/washington_wizards_have_been_eliminated_from_2023/).
The Magic won tonight [128-102](https://www.nba.com/game/det-vs-orl-0022201169/box-score#box-score), and we’re tied with a 34-44 record with them, but we have a better division record of 7-7 vs. 7-8 by the Magic!
We’ll both meet the Heat (the Magic will meet them in the final game of the season), and hopefull we lose to the Heat & they win, so we’ll be below the Magic even in case of a tied record!
2. The Wizards are currently 18-20 at home games & 16-24 at road games.
3. The Wizards are now 18-23 in the year 2023 (17W & 23 L) – from 16-21 to 34-44.
4. The Wizards are now 6-14 since the All-Star break.
5. The Wizards are now 5-10 without Kyle Kuzma.
6. The Wizards are now 13-18 since the trade with Rui Hachimura (13 W & 18 L).
Before the trade, the Wizards were 17-13 (17 W & 13 L) with him (in games he played), and 3-13 (3 W & 13 L) in games he wasn’t playing.Overall, the Wizards were a 20-26 record before this trade.
7. The season series between the two teams ended up in a 3-1 To the Knicks.
8. The Knicks won their 4th consecutive game.
9. The New York Knicks officially secured a place in the playoffs! For the first time since two seasons ago, in the 2020-21 season.
If the Nets lose today, then they got the 5th seed even if they were to lose their next 3 games. But th Nets beat the Jazz 111-110, so no promised 5th seed for the Knicks. [Full details here](https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/129sh6d/oc_with_their_current_45_wins_the_knicks_already/).
10. With their current 46 wins, the Knicks already have more wins in an individual season than they’ve had since the 2012-13 season (54-18).
11. The Wizards lost 7 out of their last 9 games, and 10 losses out of their last 13 games.
12. It was the 315th regular-season meeting between the Washington Wizards & the New York Knicks, which has the same digits but in different order of the meetings the Wizards had vs. the Orlando Magic last game – 135.
13. The historical head-to-head matchup during the regular season – Washington Wizards vs. the Washington Wizards 136-179 to the New York Knicks.
14. 4 out of the Knicks’ starting lineup had 20+ points – all except Mitchell Robinson. Obi Toppin had 21 points, Immanuel Quickley had 22 points, and Brunson & Grimes had 27 points each.
15. It was the other way around with the Wizards – only Corey Kispert scored 20+ points (29 points).
Almost completely anti-symmetrical.
If Johnny Davis hadn’t scored his 16 points, and scored fewer than 10 points, then we’d have 4 players scored fewer than 10 points & one with 20+ points – the Knicks had four players with 20+ points & one with single-digit (Mitchell – 8 points).
16. 4 out of the Knicks’ starting lineup had 2 steals or more – 3 steals to Brunson & Quickley, 2 steals to Mitchell Robinson & Obi Toppin.
17. The Wizards had 18 turnovers tonight, the most they had since March 4th, 2023, where they also scored exactly 109 points like today – [109-116 loss to the Raptors & 24 turnovers](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303040WAS.html).
18. 8 out of the Wizards’ 18 turnovers were by Deni Avdija – 44.4% of the total turnovers. It goes up to 61.1% if you also account Kendrick Nunn’s 3 turnovers in just 13 minutes (11 out of 18).
19. The Wizards scored 13 or more 3-pointers in their last 5 games (16 3-pointers tonight on 16/37 3PT (43.2%)).
20. The Knicks tied their 2nd best in steals this season, with 12 steals (they had 13 steals three times this season.
21. It’s also the highest amount of steals the Knicks had this year (2023).
The highest they had this year was 11 steals in the [137-115 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303270NYK.html) over the Rockets, on March 27th, 2023 – not so long ago.More than that, the It’s the Knicks’ first game with 10 steals or more this year (2023).
22. The Knicks went 13/32 from 3PT tonight (40.6%), it’s the 4th straight game with 40%+ from the 3-point land, as well as 6 out of their last 7 game & 7 out of their last 9 games.
23. The New York Knicks had their 25th game of the season with 40%+ from 3.
24. The Wizards had their 30th game of the season with 40%+ from 3.
25. The Wizards are now 4-22 when an opponent scores 118 points or more against them.
26. The Knicks are 30-2 in games their opponent scores 109 points or less!2-1 when an opponent scores exactly 109 points.
The Wizards are 22-3 in case you were wondering, though an opponent never scored exactly 109 points vs. the Wizards this season, so it’s true for 108 points or less as well.
27. The New York Knicks bench scored only 13 points out of their total points of 118, which is 11%.
28. The Wizards bench scored 43 out of the Wizards’ 109 points – 39.4%.
29. The Knicks dominated the Wizards’ paint – 64 points in the paint (out of 118 points scored tonight – 54.2%) vs. just 38 points in the paint by the Wizards (out of 109 points – \~34.9%)
30. The Knicks had 12 2nd chance points vs. just 6 2nd chance points by the Wizards, and they also had 18 fastbreak points vs. just 15 2nd chance points by the Wizards.
Players:
1. Bradley Beal missed his 28th game of the season after reaching his 50th game of the season – missing his 6th game straight.
Kyle Kuzma missed his 14th game of the season, including 13 out of his last 26 games – missing his 7th straight.Both players missed together 6 consecutive games after tonight. Monte Morris missed his 16th game of the season.
Kristaps Porzingis missed his 13th game of the season, the 4th time due to Non-Covid Illness.
2. It’s the first time this season that none of the trio + Monte Morris don’t play, KP, Kuzma & Beal played tonight – all of them were out in the same game tonight, for the first time this season – missing 4 starters.It’s also the 2nd time the trio Beal-Kuzma-KP were all missing at the same time, and for the 2nd straight game.
3. It’s the first time after 19 games straight, that Evan Fournier played.
4. **Johnny Davis was in the starting lineup for the first time in his NBA career!**
5. **Corey Kispert had a career-high in points in a single quarter – 14 points!** [source.](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/corey-kispert-most-points-in-a-single-quarter)
6. **Corey Kispert a career-high of 20 points in a single half (18 points was the previous one – once in a 1st half (vs. the Magic last time) & once in a 2nd half)**
7. **Corey Kispert with a career-high of 29 points in a game!**
**It’s the 2nd straigh gamet he breaks his own career-high in points!**
**The 3rd time he breaks his career-high in points in the last week & in his last 6 games!**
26 points vs. in the [136-124 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303240WAS.html) over the Spurs on March 24th, 2023.
27 points in the [109-116 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303310WAS.html) to the Orlando Magic on March 31st, 2023.
He also tied his 25 points career-high back then vs. the 76ers – [93-112 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303120PHI.html) on March 12th, 2023.
It’s also the 2nd straight games he gets a career-high & exactly 3 rebounds & nothing else! No assist, no steals, and no blocks!
8. Corey Kispert had a career-high of free throws made with 5 FTM tonight on 5/5 (100%) – also a career-high for free throws made without a miss in a single game (the previous were 4/4 – several times.
It was his 25th game of the season he went 100% from the free throw!
9. Corey Kispert had a career-high of 19 field goal attempts.
10. Corey Kispert tied his career-high of dunks in a single season, with his 12th dunk of the season, he is one shy of a career-high of dunks in a single season he set on his rookie year – 12 dunks (12 out of 13 attempts – 92.3%). He is 12/14 in dunks this season (85.7%).
11. Despite having the most points tonight, Corey Kispert had the 2nd worst plus/minus – minus 17 (Delon Wright had +/- of minus 18).
12. Johnny Davis had a career-high of 16 points! A career-high of 6 made field goals as well!
13. Johnny Davis had a career-high for points in a single half (14 points), and a single quarter (10 points – he had 10 points in the 4th quarter – the most among any other Wizards player).
14. Johnny Davis had a career-high of 3 assists tonight (the previous record was 2 assists, once).
15. It’s the 2nd time in his career that Johnny Davis records a career-high in points & assists in the same game!He had 15 points (the career-high in points he broke tonight) & 2 assists (reached only once this season) in the [104-114 L to the Raptors, on March 26th, 2023](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303260TOR.html).
16. Johnny Davis scored 10+ points in 3 out of his last 4 games!
17. Johnny Davis had a career-high in minutes – 30:13 minutes – the first time he gets over 30 minutes in a single game!
18. Both Corey Kispert & Johnny Davis broke their career-high in points twice since March 24th, 2023!
19. Quenton Jackson had a career-high of 4 points tonight (the previous was 3 points).
20. Quenton Jackson had a career-high in minutes played – 17:54 minutes played – that’s more minutes than what he played this entire season – 11 minutes & 29 seconds!
21. Xavier Cooks had his first block in his NBA career – a career-high! Congratulations! [Here it is.](https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=BLK&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0022201168&PlayerID=1641645&RangeType=0&Season=2022-23&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612764&flag=1&sct=plot§ion=game)
22. Quenton Jackson also had his first career block in the NBA! [here.](https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=BLK&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0022201168&PlayerID=1631245&RangeType=0&Season=2022-23&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612764&flag=1&sct=plot§ion=game)
23. Jay Huff had a career-high of 2 assists! [Here.](https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=AST&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0022201168&PlayerID=1630643&RangeType=0&Season=2022-23&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612764&flag=1&sct=plot§ion=game)
24. Taj Gibson had a season-high of 14 points, and a career-high of four 3-pointers made! He was also our leading scorer from the bench!
25. Taj Gibson scored four 3-pointers this entire season, and he made four 3-pointers in a single game!
26. Taj Gibson had a season-high of 8 field goal attempts
27. Josh Got injured during the game (stepped on a player), and that’s why he left after just 25:46 minutes – wishing him well!
28. Jalen Brunson scored 23+ points in 5 out of his last 7 games.
29. Jalen Brunson tied his season 2nd best in steals with 3 steals tonight.
30. Mitchell Robinson tied his career & season high of 4 assists. His 2nd 10+ rebounds & 4+ assists game (4 assists are his career-high he tied again, tonight).
31. Mitchell Robinson had his 25th game with 10+ rebounds (he had 11 rebounds tonight).
32. Isaiah Hartenstein has yet to miss a game this season, playing his 79th game of the season – 19.8 minutes played per game (before tonight)..
33. Corey Kispert has yet to miss a single game since his absence in the first 8 games due to a groin injury, he is the Wizards’ player with the most consecutive games played without missing a single game – 70 games after tonight’s game!
34. Delon started for the 13th time this season out of 48 GP (including tonight).Corey Kispert was in the starting lineup for the 41st time this season, while Deni Avdija had his 40th.
35. The Wizards are currently 6-7 – 6 wins & 7 losses when Delon Wright is in the starting lineup.
36. All of Corey Kispert’s 20+ points games (all were 25+ points) came in the last 11 games.
37. Corey Kispert scored three or more 3-pointers in each of his last 5 games – 27/51 (52.9%).
38. Corey Kispert scored 15+ points in his last 5 games.
39. Corey Kispert scored 10+ points in 36 games this season – a career-high fo 10+ points game for in a single season (He had 30 games like it last year in 77 GP).He was also more efficient at it – 36 10+ points games in 70 GP, so far.
40. Delon Wright had his 5th game of the season with 4 or more steals (4 steals tonight)!
41. Jordan Goodwin had 6 assists tonight, for the 6th time this season.
42. Jordan Goodwin had his 11th 10+ points game of the season with 11 points tonight.
43. Deni had only 3 rebounds tonight, the lowest he had in 8 games.He had 7 straight games with 6+ rebounds, including 4 games with 10+ rebounds (10 or 11 rebounds in each).
44. Deni Avdija had 3+ assists in his last 9 games.
45. Deni Avdija had more turnovers (8) than FGM (3), 3PM (1), 3PA (3), FTM (2), FTA (2), REBS (3), AST (5), STL (3), BLK (1), fouls (4) & plus/minus (minus 3).
46. Johnny Davis played for 11 straight games – a career-high.
47. Out of 70 GP this season by Kispert, he was 0% from 3PT only 6 times, & 15 times between 0% to 20%, 8 times shooting 33% from 3PT out of 18 games shooting between 20%+ to 40% Overall (including tonight, 4/11 – 36.4%), he has 39 games shooting 40% or higher this season.
48. Johnny Davis scored a 3-pointer in 4 games straight is a career-high!
49. Johnny Davis scored in each of his last 10 games.
50. Johnny Davis had a career-high of 15 field goal attempts (he had 11 FGA as a career-high until tonight).
51. Deni Avdija finally had a block tonight after 15 straight games without a single block!It was his first block since March 2nd, 2023 – [119-108 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303020WAS.html) over the Raptors.
52. Deni Avdija had offensive rebounds only twice in his last 13 games (he had 3 offensive rebounds, twice, in each of these 2 games), accumulating in the process 77 defensive rebounds & 6 offensive rebounds (including tonight – only 3 defensive rebounds & 0 on offense.).
53. Deni Avdija had a career-high of 8 turnovers tonight (the previous was 5 turnovers). He didn’t have more than 3 turnovers in each of the quarters.
54. Daniel Gafford took only 2 field goal attempts in 27:56 minutes!It’s the 17th time this season he takes 2 field goal attempts or fewer.
It’s also the highest amount of minutes with only 2 field goal attempts or fewer (2nd with 20+ minutes – the previous was 20:13 minutes).
55. Anthony Gill scored in each of his last 8 games, including each of 15 out of the last 16 games – between 2 to 6 points (3 points tonight).
56. Kendrick Nunn scored 12 or 11 points in each of his last 3 games.
57. Kendrick Nunn had all of his 11 points in the 1st half. How many he had in the 2nd half? Nunn! I mean, none! Can’t get away from these terrible jokes.
58. Xavier Cooks played in each of the last 4 games – a career-high in straight games played.
59. It’s Quenton Jackson’s first game February 14th, 2023, after not playing the last 20 games for the Wizards.
60. Isaiah Hartenstein scored 9 out of the Knicks’ total 13 points – 69.2%.
61. Obi Toppin had a season-high 21 points. It’s his first 20+ points game of the season (the previous season-high was 17 points) in 64 games this season!
62. Obi Toppin had a season-high of 15 field goal attempts (the previous was 13) & 9 field goals made (the previous was 7).
He also tied his season-high in 3-point attempts – 8.
63. Obi Toppin tied his season-high of 4 assists.
64. Obi Toppin had a season-high of 33:00 minutes!
The most he played in a single game this season until tonight was 25:46 minutes in the [120-107 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202211070MIN.html) over the Timberwolves on November 7th ,2022.
65. It was the 7th time this season Quentin Grimes scored 20+ points, he had 27 points tonight – tying his career 2nd best (career-high is 33 points), and it’s also his season 2nd best.
66. Isaiah Hartenstein hasn’t scored more than 9 points in his last 27 games, including tonight (8 points).
He only had 7 games this season with 10+ points (79 GP).
9 points is actually the most he scored in his last 28 games
67. Jalen Brunson tied his season-high of 5 turnovers – he has 6 games like it this season (including tonight).
68. Immanuel Quickley was the only Knicks player from the starting lineup to have a negative plus/minus – he had a plus/minus of -2. The rest had +16 (Robinson & Grimes) or +19 (Grimes & Brunson).
69. Evan Fournier had a rough coming back to the lineup – 0 points on 0/1 FG (0/1 3PT), 2 rebounds, 2 turnovers, a foul & a plus/minus of minus 7 in 6:42 minutes.
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