The short-handed Washington Wizards gave their best post-All-Star break effort in last night’s 114-105 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Wizards kept things interesting throughout. Kyle Kuzma hit his first five shots and led the offense in the early going, and Washington led at the end of the first quarter. Cleveland outplayed them the rest of the way and threatened at a couple points to break the game open. Each time, the Wizards battled back to make it a competitive contest.
The story of the night was Jordan Poole having a good game — his best by my reckoning in more than six weeks.