Wizards' 顔触れ clicking 長，率いるing into Oklahoma City
After letting go of the step-支援する 3-pointer, Oklahoma City 雷鳴 point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander kept his 権利 arm fully 延長するd until the ball dropped through the basket.
With 1.1 seconds left Nov. 16 against the Washington Wizards, Gilgeous-Alexander's 発射 gave the 雷鳴 a 121-120 勝利，勝つ.
Friday, the teams 直面する each other for the first time since Gilgeous-Alexander's game-勝利者, when they 会合，会う in Oklahoma City.
Gilgeous-Alexander equalled his then-career high with 42 points in that November game.
Since, he's matched that 業績／成果 once before, topping it with 44 points Dec. 23 against New Orleans.
"He's very crafty," Washington standout Bradley Beal said then of Gilgeous-Alexander. "He probably doesn't blow you away with his 速度(を上げる）. ... When you're 確信して in yourself, and you're playing at those levels, he doesn't think anybody can guard him. He really has that mindset that he attacks everybody."
Gilgeous-Alexander is coming off a 33-point 業績／成果 in Wednesday's loss at Orlando. He 発射 just 8 of 19 from the 床に打ち倒す, but was 17 of 18 at the 解放する／自由な-throw line a night after 行方不明の a 勝利，勝つ over Boston with 非，不，無-COVID illness.
The 雷鳴 追跡するd by 17 早期に in that 勝利，勝つ over the Wizards.
Since the start of last season, Oklahoma City has won 12 games in which it 追跡するd by at least 15 points - the most in the league during that （期間が）わたる.
The 雷鳴 have won four such games this season and nine games in which the team was behind by at least 10 points.
"We take pride in 存在 a 48-minute team," 雷鳴 coach 示す Daigneault said. "You have to 条件 yourself to bring energy for 48."
The 雷鳴 have lost three of their last four.
The Wizards 人物／姿／数字 to be without Beal, who left Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee in the second ４半期/4分の1 after 悪化させるing a left hamstring. A 類似の 傷害 kept him out of the Wizards' previous three games.
Beal has 行方不明になるd 15 games this season with a variety of 病気s.
A bruised quad led him to 行方不明になる one game and COVID-19 kept him out of five. He also 行方不明になるd six with a 権利 hamstring 傷害, and then the three games with a left hamstring 傷害.
"It's 堅い," Beal said. "It's 失望させるing. I always preach, `Your best ability is your availability,' and I 港／避難所't been that. That piece is definitely 失望させるing, but I have to stay encouraged and understand there's still more that I can 与える／捧げる to the game, be here for my チーム仲間s and just make sure that I'm 100% before I go 支援する out here.
"It's 堅い because we're playing good ball." said Beal. "I want to be a part of that. I want to help the team 勝利，勝つ, continue to build on what we have going - our 勢い."
Washington has won five of six since Kristaps Porzingis returned from 行方不明の two games.
The pairing of Porzingis and Daniel Gafford, who （機の）カム off the （法廷の）裁判 before Porzingis' absence but has remained in the starting 顔触れ と一緒に Porzingis, has helped the Wizards' 弁護.
Washington's 防御の 率ing was in the 底（に届く） 10 in the league at 113.8 before the change. Since, the Wizards' 防御の 率ing is 106.3, 最高の，を越すs in the league.
"I like where we are 権利 now," Wizards coach Wes Unseld Jr. said. "We've won six of eight. We're competing at a high level."
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