The Wizards went to Atlanta in need of a win, and they emerged with one by the air-conditioned drift on two Trae Young threes in the final seconds.
Weirdly, while both teams scored with high efficiency — each had an offensive rating north of 120 — both teams competed defensively for the most part. Atlanta’s Trae Young was incompetent, and the Wizards hunted him all night. His backcourt partner Dejounte Murray is a much better defender, and he got torched by Bradley Beal as well.
The efficiency didn’t derive from great shot-making. Atlanta shot slightly better (effective field goal percentage 53.