At some point, it’s not just beginner’s luck.
For the third time since John Wall was declared out for the season due to bone spurs in his heel, Washington hustled one of the league’s very best teams. The Wizards’ latest victims were the Milwaukee Bucks, the Eastern Conference’s leading squad — though one that faced a bad beat with MVP front-runner Giannis Antetokounmpo out of the line-up.
Washington flushed the Bucks 113-106, backed largely by strong showings from ace scorer Bradley Beal (32 points, five rebounds, seven assists) and Tomas Satoransky (18 points and his first ever triple-double).