The Washington Wizards defended home court against an upstart Indiana Pacers squad Friday night, 137-123. With the win, the Wizards snapped a six-game losing streak to improve to 4-20, while the playoff-hopeful Pacers dropped to 13-10.
The “No Defense Bowl” was predictably an offensive explosion — Indiana and Washington play with the two highest paces in the NBA, and they’re both bottom three defenses, so the two teams had already put up 195 combined points by the end of the third quarter. Not a lick of defense was played — it was all blocks, blow-bys and fouls.
The first half was one of the Wizards’ best halves of the seasons.