Oklahoma City were short on bigs against the Washington Wizards. Steven Adams and Nerlens Noel were both ruled out due to injury. Coach Donovan had to go small at the five spot. In previous games, Billy Donovan tried Deonte Burton at centre with very little luck. In last night’s game, he tried Darius Bazley at centre.
Bazley has not played at that spot much this season but his performance was surprising. Bazley had a career high in points as he notched 23 points. His defense was pretty solid and Darius did not look troubled by the Wizards’ big man.