Ish Smith scored a career-high 32 points in the WashWizards‘ 128-114 victory over the nuggets on Saturday night.
WASHINGTON — Ish Smith scored a career-high 32 points and Troy Brown added 25 and a career-high 14 rebounds in theAfter Denver took a 101-99 lead with 9:33 left on Mason Plumlee’s dunk, the Wizards scored the next 11 with the run eventually reaching 19-2 for a 118-103 lead with 4:48 remaining. Smith scored 11 points in that stretch, capping the surge with a 3-pointer.
Jamal Murray scored all 39 of his points after the first quarter for Denver, and Nikola Jokic had with 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Nuggets have lost two of three on their five-game trip. They shot 6 of 29 on 3-pointers. Washington won its second straight without scoring leader Bradley Beal. The two-time All-star remains day-to-day. He returned Wednesday against Orlando after missing two games with lower leg soreness, but sat out Friday night against Portland after re-aggravating the injury.Nuggets: Inactive 7-foot-2 rookie centre Bol Bol made his first trip to Washington as an NBA player. His late father, 7-foot-7 centre Manute Bol, started his 10-year NBA career with the Washington Bullets in 1985.
Wizards: Wizards point guard Isaiah Thomas started and scored nine points in 17 minutes after being fined $25,000 earlier in the day. Thomas lasted less than two minutes Friday after making inappropriate contact with a game official. … Smith and Brown gave the Wizards their 21st and 22nd 20-plus point game from the bench, second behind only the Clippers. … The Wizards split with Denver for the third straight season.
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