Washington Wizards Fall To New Orleans Pelicans, 127-102

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 26 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 21 points and 11 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans won for conscionable the 4th time, beating the Washington Wizards 127-102 connected Wednesday night.

“I similar that we responded,” Ingram said, referring to a 110-96 nonaccomplishment to Minnesota connected Monday successful which helium changeable 2 of 13. “It looked similar we took it personal, came retired with a small much popular today.”

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Josh Hart highlighted his 16-point show with a moving half-court slope changeable arsenic helium was fouled successful the last 2nd of the 3rd quarter.

The changeable “definitely helped our momentum astatine the extremity of that quarter,” Ingram said. “It was decidedly needed astatine that clip successful the game.”

The four-point play gave New Orleans a 95-73 lead, and the Pelicans each but enactment it distant erstwhile Nickeil Alexander-Walker and halfway Willy Hernangomez deed back-to-back 3s to marque it 103-75 with 8:59 left. The pb grew arsenic ample arsenic 31.

The convincing triumph was gratifying for first-year manager Willie Green, who’d said his squad didn’t look acceptable to play 2 nights earlier and assigned overmuch of the blasted to himself.

“I conscionable didn’t deliberation we played arsenic hard arsenic we are susceptible of and I didn’t manager to my quality and that’s a letdown to our organization, to our community, to our squad and I spoke to the squad astir that,” Green said. “I’m arrogant of the mode they responded.”

Bradley Beal scored 23 points but got small assistance from the remainder of the Wizards, who mislaid for the 4th clip successful 5 games. Spencer Dinwiddie added 11 points and Montrezl Harrell had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Washington besides committed 19 turnovers, starring to 24 Pelicans points.

“Turnovers aboriginal truly enactment america successful a bind,” Wizards manager Wes Unseld Jr. said. “We knew going successful if we turned the shot implicit against this squad and they were capable to get retired and run; that’s erstwhile they’re astatine their best.”

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The Pelicans’ “overall vigor and effort was better,” Unseld added. “They were much carnal and much assertive — connected some ends — and it showed.”

TIP-INS

Wizards: Davis Bertans returned from a 10-game lack caused by a near ankle sprain. He played 19 minutes successful a reserve relation and scored conscionable 3 points connected 1-of-10 shooting. The Wizards committed 19 turnovers, which led to 24 Pelicans points. The Wizards missed 13 of 36 escaped throws. Washington dropped to 4-5 connected the road.

FAST START

The Wizards wounded their ain origin successful the opening fractional with 13 turnovers, which led to 17 Pelicans points.

The spread could person been successful a deeper spread if not for Beal, who made 9 of his archetypal 13 shots for 19 points, including a long, bail-out jumper disconnected an inbound walk from the country arsenic the changeable timepiece coiled down.

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Wizards: Visit Oklahoma City connected Friday nighttime for the 2nd halt connected a four-game roadworthy trip.

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