In their first game since trading Rui Hachimura to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Wizards played a hard-fought and wildly entertaining game against the Dallas Mavericks and emerged with a one-point victory.
While basketball stories typically focus most on the leading scorer for the winning team (for example), what won the game for the Wizards was some grit and grind from Deni Avdija and Delon Wright off the bench.
Avdija had some difficult moments against Dallas star Luka Doncic, but he led the team with 11 contested shots, 2 loose balls recovered, 3 deflections and 3 steals.