Thomas Bryant heard two of his coaches yell “TB!” and sprang off the bench, ready to check in during the fourth quarter of the Wizards’ loss on Sunday to the Utah Jazz. But by the time he got to the scorer’s table, the 22-year-old center was told to sit back down.
He swiped his hand through the air, unhappy the decision to put him in was reversed.
Despite Bryant’s frustration, the Wizards held the big man to a strict 15-minute limit in his first game in over a month. Before Washington’s 127-116 defeat, Bryant had missed the previous 20 games with a foot injury.