WASHINGTON - There weren’t many positives in Washington’s 130-122 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, but Kelly Oubre Jr.’s encouraging play was certainly one of them.
Instead of wearing all black to send a message, the Wizards just talked a lot before facing the Cavaliers hours later. Oubre didn’t do his talking to the media, instead, he let his jacket do the talking. Even though a fine of some sort is expected, at least he backed up his antics in the national spotlight.
With Markieff Morris making his season debut, Oubre was moved to the bench, but it didn’t slow him down as he scored a career-high 21 points, connected on 5 of 7 three-pointers, grabbed a team-high 6 rebounds, dished out 2 assists and picked up one steal.