Blazers, Wizards 衝突する／食い違う in matchup of 殺到するing teams
Damian Lillard and the Portland 追跡する Blazers will look to continue their 最近の strong play on Friday night when they visit the Washington Wizards.
Lillard collected 42 points, 10 補助装置s and eight 回復するs to pace Portland to a 122-112 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. He has 得点する／非難する／２０d at least 40 points in 支援する-to-支援する contests and in a total of nine games this season.
"We hopped on his 支援する and he led us like he always does," 追跡する Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said of Lillard, who is 普通の／平均（する）ing a 強健な 38.0 points over his past 10 games.
"He controlled really the 速度 and the pace of the game with how he played. He mixed it up a lot. Attacking to 容易にする and attacking to 得点する／非難する／２０. I thought he did a good 職業 of keeping their 弁護 off balance. This is just an incredible game for him."
Wednesday's 勝利，勝つ wasn't just a one-man show, however.
Anfernee Simons 得点する／非難する／２０d 26 points and Drew Eubanks 記録，記録的な／記録するd 11 points and 11 回復するs while playing in place of Jusuf Nurkic, who left the game 早期に in the first ４半期/4分の1 予定 to left calf soreness. Portland also saw Jerami 認める 出発／死 the game 予定 to concussion-like symptoms.
"The team showed a lot of resiliency tonight," Lillard said. "We had Nurk and JG go 負かす／撃墜する and (Nassir Little), Drew, (Trendon Watford) -- he was the player of the game in my 注目する，もくろむs -- (Gary Payton II), everybody （機の）カム in and just had that mentality. Nobody 倍のd, nobody 欠如（する）d 信用／信任, nobody was a deer in the headlights out there. Everybody （機の）カム in, put their foot in, put they game 負かす／撃墜する and we 扱うd our 商売／仕事. That's the 調印する of a resilient team and a team that's together."
The 追跡する Blazers have won four of their past five games to move within one victory of .500 on t he season.
The Wizards, in turn, have won six straight games for the first time since 2015.
Washington's 企て，努力，提案 to 延長する that winning streak on Wednesday was 否定するd not by a loss but by travel 問題／発行するs 伴う／関わるing its 対抗者. The NBA 延期するd Wednesday's game after the Detroit Pistons were unable to 飛行機で行く home に引き続いて their contest against the 無所属の政治家s 予定 to an ice 嵐／襲撃する in Dallas.
Deni Avdija 得点する／非難する／２０d a career-high 25 points to go along with nine 回復するs in the Wizards' 127-106 victory over the San Antonio 刺激（する）s on Monday. He made 10 of 12 発射s from the 床に打ち倒す, 含むing both 試みる／企てるs from 3-point 範囲.
"He's been 長，率いるing に向かって this," Kristaps Porzingis said of Avdija, who has totaled at least 10 points and nine 回復するs in four 連続した games.
"Things are working for him. He's 人物／姿／数字ing out his game, like where he's good at, and I love to see it for him. I'm so excited. ... His energy is contagious for us, and whenever he's hooping, we're a different team."
Bradley Beal 得点する／非難する／２０d 21 points and Porzingis chipped in 17 points, nine 回復するs, seven 補助装置s and five 封鎖するs in his return from a three-game absence 予定 to a left ankle sprain.
--Field Level マスコミ
