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Portland Trail Blazers at Washington Wizards

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Portland Trail Blazers
26-33, 10-19 Away
Final
129 - 121

Washington Wizards
10-48, 6-26 Home

Shaedon Sharpe's eye-popping dunk caps a career night as the Trail Blazers beat the Wizards 129-121

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Washington Wizards: Game Highlights

Sharpe shot 13 of 26 from the floor and and converted all four of his free throws inside the final minute as the Trail Blazers maintained a lead of at least three throughout the fourth quarter.

Anfernee Simons and Scoot Henderson each added 16 points for Portland, which began the night 4 1/2 games back of Sacramento for the the Western Conference's final play-in spot.

Jordan Poole scored 24 points for NBA-worst Washington, which was attempting to win back-to-back games for the first time since winning three in a row to begin the month. Richaun Holmes added a career-high 20 points and Corey Kispeprt also scored 20.

Takeaways Trail Blazers: Former Wizards forward Deni Avdija left the game with a left quadriceps injury after playing only six minutes of the first quarter. He scored five points, having entered averaging 14.8 this season.

Wizards: Holmes rewarded coach Brian Keefe for his seventh February start with one of his best performances. He finished 7 of 7 from the floor and 6 of 6 from the foul line.

Key moment Sharpe's second-quarter tomahawk slam will be a lasting memory for those in the building. He swiped Justin Champagnie's pass just beyond the 3-point line, took one dribble, then soared above the contesting Champagnie, pulled the ball back above his head and flushed it through the rim with such force he tumbled to the ground.

Key stat The Trail Blazers led 101-83 in field goal attempts, and 57-41 before halftime.

Up next Trail Blazers: At Brooklyn on Friday.

Wizards: At Charlotte on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

POR leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 129 - 121
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 129 - 121
4th 4.0 shot clock turnover 129 - 121
4th 28.0 Jordan Poole makes 1-foot driving dunk 129 - 121
4th 33.1 Shaedon Sharpe makes free throw 2 of 2 129 - 119

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/wsh.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originWSH
45-101 FG 43-83
44.6 Field Goal % 51.8
12-37 3PT 12-36
32.4 Three Point % 33.3
27-35 FT 23-33
77.1 Free Throw % 69.7
46 Rebounds 41
17 Offensive Rebounds 7
29 Defensive Rebounds 34
27 Assists 25
11 Steals 9
4 Blocks 8
15 Turnovers 19
2 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 19
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 27
32 Fast Break Points 16
62 Points in Paint 42
28 Fouls 26
10 Largest Lead 6
Washington Wizards Washington Wizards Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Will Riley, G Day-To-Day Jul 20
Tre Johnson, G Day-To-Day Jul 20
Alex Sarr, PF Day-To-Day Jul 16
Kyshawn George, F Day-To-Day Jul 16
Bub Carrington, G Day-To-Day Jul 16
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Yang Hansen, C Day-To-Day Jul 21
Damian Lillard, PG Out Jul 17
Robert Williams III, C Day-To-Day Jul 3
Shaedon Sharpe, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Scoot Henderson, G Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 12,943 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 68 14 .829 - W4
Denver 50 32 .610 18 W3
Minnesota 49 33 .598 19 W3
Portland 36 46 .439 32 W1
Utah 17 65 .207 51 L2

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando - 41 L1 0.5 41
Atlanta 1 42 W3 0.4878049 40
Miami 4 45 L1 0.4512195 37
Charlotte 22 63 L7 0.23170732 19
Washington 23 64 W1 0.2195122 18
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