Wizards, 直面するing 魔法, 試みる／企てる to end 15-game skid
Jordan Poole is starting to show why the Washington Wizards acquired him from the Golden 明言する／公表する 軍人s during the offseason.
The Wizards, who have lost 15 games in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動, will need another strong 狙撃 night from Poole when they host the Orlando 魔法 on Wednesday. Orlando has won four straight games and 12 of its past 15.
The 魔法 are playing the second night of a 支援する-to-支援する 始める，決める after 収入 a 101-89 road 勝利，勝つ over the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday. Paolo Banchero 得点する／非難する／２０d 22 points in the victory, while Wendell Carter Jr. 追加するd 12 points and nine 回復するs.
にもかかわらず sitting in a tie for fourth place in the Eastern 会議／協議会, Orlando isn't 製図／抽選 much 国家の attention. 魔法 guard Cole Anthony believes that will change soon.
"People are starting to slowly but surely catch on," Anthony said. "There are some good teams in this league, and we are trying to build our way up into those 階級s. And I feel like we are 井戸／弁護士席 on our way. The hype will come. We just have to keep doing what we've got to do."
Orlando will need to be careful not to overlook Washington, which is one 敗北・負かす from matching the franchise's worst skid, 始める，決める from March 3-31, 2010.
The Wizards have struggled to の近くに out games this season, and that 傾向 continued in a 127-115 loss to the Utah Jazz on Monday in Salt Lake City.
Poole 得点する／非難する／２０d 32 points in the 敗北・負かす, while Kyle Kuzma 追加するd 23 and Tyus Jones had 21. Washington led by 10 points in the third ４半期/4分の1 and by five in the fourth ４半期/4分の1 but （機の）カム up short after going without a field goal over the final 5:21.
"We're a young team, so we're still 人物／姿／数字ing out when to 選ぶ and choose our 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs ... to feel the flow of the game and then when to slow it 負かす／撃墜する, when to get into a 始める，決める and try to 人物／姿／数字 out what 発射 we want," Poole said.
After struggling to find his 発射 for much of the season, Poole was moved from the starting 顔触れ to a reserve 役割 on Feb. 22. He has 答える／応じるd by 普通の／平均（する）ing 23.4 points in his seven games off the （法廷の）裁判 after he put up 15.6 per game as a starter.
Washington 暫定的な coach Brian Keefe said, "We told him that we want (him) to be 積極的な for himself and for others, and you're seeing that, when the 発射s are going in, it's the same 発射s that he's (been getting). The 過程 has been good. He can 生成する a lot of 罪／違反 for us. This was part of the 推論する／理由 we 手配中の，お尋ね者 him to have the ball more."
Washington has lost its last five 会合s against Orlando, 含むing all three matchups this season.
Orlando used a balanced attack in the Monday 勝利，勝つ over Charlotte to move 10 games over .500 for the first time since April 18, 2012. The 魔法 have won the 回復するing 戦う／戦い nine times and matched their 対抗者's 生産（高） twice in the past 11 games.
"So much fun," 魔法 今後 Jonathan Isaac said. "I feel so excited, looking 今後 to each game. It's something that's just continuing to grow. We have a 広大な／多数の／重要な group of guys that just want to 勝利，勝つ, want to compete and want to play 井戸／弁護士席."
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