The Washington Wizards time in the Las Vegas Summer League tournament came to a close Thursday evening in a 97-81 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. The Wizards kept it close, thanks to solid performances from Scott Machado (17 points, 3 assits) and Shawn Jones (12 points, 11 rebounds). They'll close Summer League action against the loser of Thursday's Hawks-Nuggets game at 10 p.m. EST on Friday.
Here's what we noticed in the Wizards' final game in Las Vegas:
Oubre struggled as the go-to defender
The Wizards played Kelly Oubre off-the-ball more against New Orleans so he could save his energy for the defensive end to guard Seth Curry.