The only important things from the Wizards loss to the Los Angeles Clippers were Bilal Coulibaly starting in place of Jordan Poole (non-COVID illness), playing 37 minutes with a usage rate of 19.9%, scoring 19 points (a career high), and picking James Harden’s pocket.
Was the kid great? Nah. Overall, he was basically average. But he competed well against all-timers like Kawhi Leonard, Harden, and Russell Westbrook. The Wizards will take NBA competence from a 19-year-old in just the second start of his career.
As for the rest of the game, here’s the summary: the Wizards stayed close through two quarters, got smoked in the third (-21 in the period), and staged one of those phony garbage time “comebacks” to cut the final margin to a respectable 16.