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NBA composite: Wizards end 10-game losing streak, Warriors suffer 15th road loss
Xinhua News Agency, Washington, December 20. The 2022-2023 NBA regular season will play five more games on the 20th. Among them, the Washington Wizards narrowly beat the Phoenix Suns by 3 points on the road, capping a ten-game loss streak; The New York Knicks have lost 15 on the road this season.
The Wizards and Suns are each missing a major player in this campaign, the Wizards are missing Porzingis, and the Suns are missing Booker. The Suns still took the lead with more than 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, but Wizards rookie “sophomore” Avdija committed six consecutive fouls and made all six free throws, teaming with Bill and Kuzma for play a 3:00 pm climax. In the final under 24 seconds, Suns guard Shamet hit 3 three-pointers, but ultimately couldn’t recover and the Wizards narrowly won 113:110. In this campaign, Shamet scored a career-high 31 points, and Kuzma and the Wizards’ “Double Star” Bill had 29 and 27 points, respectively.
Without Curry and Wiggins, the Golden State Warriors suffered a disastrous road trip. Six New York Knicks scored in double figures and ushered in a big win at 132:94. The Warriors have lost 15 of their 17 road games this season, compared to a total of 19 in last season’s regular season.
In other games, the Miami Heat collapsed in the third quarter and lost to the Chicago Bulls 103:113 at home; the Utah Jazz made great efforts in the second half and beat the Detroit Pistons 126:111 on the road; the Denver Nuggets beat the Memphis Ashes 105:91 at home Bears.