Wizards 109-102 Kings (21 Mar, 2024) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Kings

40-29, 20-16 away

102

	1	2	3	4	T
SAC	27	27	22	26	102
WSH	35	21	28	25	109

Washington Wizards

12-58, 5-28 home

109

Corey Kispert misses 28-foot three point jumper
Keegan Murray blocks Deni Avdija 's 5-foot driving layup
Jordan Poole makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
Richaun Holmes misses layup
Richaun Holmes misses tip shot
Richaun Holmes makes 2-foot dunk (Deni Avdija assists)
Kyle Kuzma makes 2-foot two point shot
Deni Avdija makes three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
Jordan Poole misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Deni Avdija makes driving layup
Richaun Holmes misses driving layup
Corey Kispert makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Kyle Kuzma assists)
Kyle Kuzma makes 25-foot three point jumper (Johnny Davis assists)
Kyle Kuzma makes 1-foot driving dunk
Jordan Poole makes 2-foot two point shot
Kyle Kuzma misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Gill makes tip shot
Deni Avdija misses 13-foot jumper
Johnny Davis makes driving floating jump shot
Anthony Gill misses 24-foot three point jumper
Deni Avdija makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Gill assists)
Jordan Poole misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Justin Champagnie misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kyle Kuzma makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot
Patrick Baldwin Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jared Butler assists)
Kyle Kuzma misses 17-foot two point shot
Anthony Gill makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot (Justin Champagnie assists)
Patrick Baldwin Jr. makes 2-foot driving dunk (Kyle Kuzma assists)
Kyle Kuzma makes 25-foot three point jumper (Corey Kispert assists)
Kyle Kuzma makes driving layup
Kyle Kuzma misses driving layup
Kyle Kuzma makes 4-foot two point shot
Deni Avdija misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Corey Kispert misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kyle Kuzma misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Corey Kispert misses 29-foot three point jumper
Richaun Holmes misses layup
Harrison Barnes blocks Deni Avdija 's 4-foot layup
Deni Avdija makes two point shot (Corey Kispert assists)
Jordan Poole makes two point shot (Deni Avdija assists)
Kyle Kuzma misses layup
Corey Kispert makes 22-foot three point jumper (Richaun Holmes assists)
Kyle Kuzma makes 8-foot two point shot
Corey Kispert makes driving layup (Kyle Kuzma assists)
Deni Avdija makes driving layup
Kyle Kuzma makes driving layup
Kyle Kuzma makes 7-foot two point shot
Kyle Kuzma misses 6-foot two point shot
Kyle Kuzma makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Jordan Poole makes 2-foot driving dunk
Corey Kispert makes 1-foot two point shot (Jordan Poole assists)
Anthony Gill misses two point shot
Jordan Poole misses driving floating jump shot
Chris Duarte blocks Johnny Davis 's 8-foot two point shot
Jared Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)
Deni Avdija misses driving floating jump shot
Jared Butler misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Justin Champagnie misses 22-foot three point jumper
Patrick Baldwin Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kyle Kuzma makes 27-foot three pointer
Jared Butler misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jordan Poole makes 7-foot two point shot
Jared Butler makes two point shot (Deni Avdija assists)
Chris Duarte blocks Jordan Poole 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Jared Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)
Deni Avdija makes driving layup
Deni Avdija makes driving layup
Deni Avdija misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Jordan Poole misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Jordan Poole misses 24-foot three point jumper
Richaun Holmes makes layup (Jordan Poole assists)
Corey Kispert makes 3-foot two point shot (Richaun Holmes assists)
Corey Kispert makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
Deni Avdija misses 15-foot jumper
Keegan Murray blocks Richaun Holmes 's 3-foot driving layup
Kyle Kuzma misses 36-foot three point shot
Kyle Kuzma makes driving layup
Malik Monk blocks Richaun Holmes's hook shot
De'Aaron Fox blocks Richaun Holmes's two point shot
Kyle Kuzma misses 19-foot two point shot
Kyle Kuzma misses 23-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses two point shot
Keegan Murray makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
De'Aaron Fox misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Harrison Barnes misses 13-foot two point shot
Keegan Murray makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Keon Ellis makes 1-foot dunk (De'Aaron Fox assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses running pullup jump shot
Keegan Murray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Keon Ellis misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Harrison Barnes misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Keegan Murray makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 22-foot three point shot
Keegan Murray misses 17-foot jumper
Domantas Sabonis makes 4-foot two point shot
Davion Mitchell makes 4-foot layup (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Keegan Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
Malik Monk makes 4-foot two point shot
Chris Duarte misses 26-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Harrison Barnes makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses driving floating jump shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 26-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses two point shot
Harrison Barnes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Duarte misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chris Duarte misses 21-foot jumper
Patrick Baldwin Jr. blocks Harrison Barnes 's 3-foot two point shot
Malik Monk misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Duarte makes 24-foot three point jumper (Malik Monk assists)
Chris Duarte misses 22-foot three point jumper
Malik Monk makes 27-foot three point jumper (Keegan Murray assists)
Malik Monk misses 26-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses driving floating jump shot
Domantas Sabonis makes tip shot
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
Keon Ellis misses 25-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 28-foot three point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 25-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
De'Aaron Fox misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Domantas Sabonis makes driving layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Harrison Barnes makes 3-foot dunk (Kessler Edwards assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses running pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 27-foot three point shot
Keegan Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Harrison Barnes makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Domantas Sabonis misses 6-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses two point shot
Richaun Holmes blocks Kessler Edwards 's 1-foot driving layup
Kessler Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Malik Monk makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Malik Monk misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kyle Kuzma blocks De'Aaron Fox 's 8-foot pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox misses two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 1-foot layup (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes driving layup (Malik Monk assists)
Malik Monk misses 26-foot three point jumper
Domantas Sabonis misses layup
Chris Duarte misses 26-foot three point jumper
Domantas Sabonis misses 5-foot hook shot
Domantas Sabonis makes 5-foot two point shot (Chris Duarte assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes 1-foot dunk (Chris Duarte assists)
Chris Duarte misses 26-foot three point jumper
Keegan Murray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Malik Monk assists)
Malik Monk makes 16-foot two point shot
Malik Monk makes two point shot
Malik Monk misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Malik Monk misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
De'Aaron Fox makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Monk assists)
Malik Monk makes two point shot (Davion Mitchell assists)
De'Aaron Fox makes 14-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 29-foot three pointer
De'Aaron Fox makes 14-foot two point shot
Davion Mitchell misses two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 23-foot three point jumper
Chris Duarte misses 25-foot three point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keegan Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Harrison Barnes assists)
Keegan Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Davion Mitchell makes 27-foot three point jumper (Domantas Sabonis assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses driving layup
Malik Monk misses 25-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 23-foot three point jumper
Keegan Murray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Domantas Sabonis assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 28-foot step back jumpshot

KINGS

WIZARDS

TIME		SAC	WSH
12:00	Domantas Sabonis vs. Richaun Holmes	0	0
11:43	Corey Kispert misses 28-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:40	Richaun Holmes offensive rebound	0	0
11:34	Keegan Murray blocks Deni Avdija 's 5-foot driving layup	0	0
11:32	Domantas Sabonis defensive rebound	0	0
11:26	De'Aaron Fox misses two point shot	0	0
11:23	Kyle Kuzma defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	De'Aaron Fox shooting foul	0	0
11:18	Corey Kispert makes free throw 1 of 2	0	1
11:18	Corey Kispert makes free throw 2 of 2	0	2
10:57	Keegan Murray makes 20-foot step back jumpshot	2	2
10:38	Jordan Poole makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)	2	5
10:28	De'Aaron Fox misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	5
10:25	Richaun Holmes defensive rebound	2	5
10:17	Richaun Holmes misses layup	2	5
10:16	Richaun Holmes offensive rebound	2	5
10:16	Richaun Holmes misses tip shot	2	5
10:16	Kings defensive team rebound	2	5
10:16	Kings Full timeout	2	5
10:16	(10:16) [Kings] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL OVERTURNED) [Kings] retain their timeout	2	5
10:02	Harrison Barnes misses 13-foot two point shot	2	5
9:58	Kyle Kuzma defensive rebound	2	5
9:47	Jordan Poole bad pass (Keon Ellis steals)	2	5
9:44	Jordan Poole shooting foul	2	5
9:44	Harrison Barnes makes free throw 1 of 2	3	5
9:44	Harrison Barnes misses free throw 2 of 2	3	5
9:40	Keegan Murray offensive rebound	3	5
9:29	Keegan Murray makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)	5	5
9:11	Jordan Poole bad pass (De'Aaron Fox steals)	5	5
9:08	Keon Ellis makes 1-foot dunk (De'Aaron Fox assists)	7	5
8:54	Corey Kispert lost ball turnover (De'Aaron Fox steals)	7	5
8:48	De'Aaron Fox misses running pullup jump shot	7	5
8:46	Deni Avdija defensive rebound	7	5
8:39	Richaun Holmes makes 2-foot dunk (Deni Avdija assists)	7	7
8:27	Keegan Murray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)	9	7
8:10	Domantas Sabonis personal foul	9	7
7:59	Kyle Kuzma makes 2-foot two point shot	9	9
7:40	Keon Ellis misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	9	9
7:38	Deni Avdija defensive rebound	9	9
7:36	Deni Avdija lost ball turnover (De'Aaron Fox steals)	9	9
7:33	Harrison Barnes misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	9	9
7:27	Richaun Holmes defensive rebound	9	9
7:17	Deni Avdija makes three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)	9	12
7:05	Richaun Holmes shooting foul	9	12
7:05	Harrison Barnes makes free throw 1 of 2	10	12
7:05	Harrison Barnes makes free throw 2 of 2	11	12
6:50	Jordan Poole misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	11	12
6:47	Richaun Holmes offensive rebound	11	12
6:40	Deni Avdija makes driving layup	11	14
6:25	Keegan Murray makes 13-foot pullup jump shot	13	14
6:12	Richaun Holmes misses driving layup	13	14
6:10	Keegan Murray defensive rebound	13	14
6:05	De'Aaron Fox misses 22-foot three point shot	13	14
6:02	Richaun Holmes defensive rebound	13	14
5:52	Keegan Murray shooting foul	13	14
5:52	Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2	13	15
5:52	Johnny Davis enters the game for Deni Avdija	13	15
5:52	Davion Mitchell enters the game for Harrison Barnes	13	15
5:52	Malik Monk enters the game for De'Aaron Fox	13	15
5:52	Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2	13	16
5:37	Keegan Murray misses 17-foot jumper	13	16
5:33	Richaun Holmes defensive rebound	13	16
5:19	Corey Kispert makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Kyle Kuzma assists)	13	18
5:08	Domantas Sabonis makes 4-foot two point shot	15	18
4:51	Kyle Kuzma makes 25-foot three point jumper (Johnny Davis assists)	15	21
4:38	Davion Mitchell makes 4-foot layup (Domantas Sabonis assists)	17	21
4:21	Kyle Kuzma makes 1-foot driving dunk	17	23
4:15	Keegan Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper	17	23
4:12	Richaun Holmes defensive rebound	17	23
4:05	Jordan Poole makes 2-foot two point shot	17	25
4:05	Kings Full timeout	17	25
4:05	Anthony Gill enters the game for Richaun Holmes	17	25
4:05	Justin Champagnie enters the game for Corey Kispert	17	25
3:42	Malik Monk makes 4-foot two point shot	19	25
3:26	Kyle Kuzma misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	19	25
3:25	Anthony Gill offensive rebound	19	25
3:25	Anthony Gill makes tip shot	19	27
3:16	Anthony Gill shooting foul	19	27
3:16	Domantas Sabonis makes free throw 1 of 2	20	27
3:16	Deni Avdija enters the game for Kyle Kuzma	20	27
3:16	Chris Duarte enters the game for Keegan Murray	20	27
3:16	Harrison Barnes enters the game for Keon Ellis	20	27
3:16	Domantas Sabonis makes free throw 2 of 2	21	27
2:51	Deni Avdija misses 13-foot jumper	21	27
2:50	Harrison Barnes defensive rebound	21	27
2:38	Johnny Davis shooting foul	21	27
2:38	Malik Monk makes free throw 1 of 2	22	27
2:38	Alex Len enters the game for Domantas Sabonis	22	27
2:38	De'Aaron Fox enters the game for Davion Mitchell	22	27
2:38	Malik Monk makes free throw 2 of 2	23	27
2:18	Johnny Davis makes driving floating jump shot	23	29
2:05	Chris Duarte misses 26-foot three point jumper	23	29
2:00	De'Aaron Fox offensive rebound	23	29
1:58	De'Aaron Fox misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	23	29
1:55	Jordan Poole defensive rebound	23	29
1:44	Anthony Gill misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	29
1:39	Alex Len defensive rebound	23	29
1:25	Harrison Barnes makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)	25	29
1:13	Deni Avdija makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Gill assists)	25	32
59.1	De'Aaron Fox misses driving floating jump shot	25	32
57.1	Deni Avdija defensive rebound	25	32
47.1	Harrison Barnes shooting foul	25	32
47.1	Deni Avdija misses free throw 1 of 3	25	32
47.1	Wizards offensive team rebound	25	32
47.1	Deni Avdija misses free throw 2 of 3	25	32
47.1	Wizards offensive team rebound	25	32
47.1	Deni Avdija makes free throw 3 of 3	25	33
36.1	Johnny Davis shooting foul	25	33
36.1	Malik Monk makes free throw 1 of 2	26	33
36.1	Malik Monk makes free throw 2 of 2	27	33
22.1	Jordan Poole misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	27	33
19.1	Johnny Davis offensive rebound	27	33
19.1	Malik Monk shooting foul	27	33
19.1	Johnny Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	27	34
19.1	Jared Butler enters the game for Jordan Poole	27	34
19.1	Domantas Sabonis enters the game for Alex Len	27	34
19.1	Johnny Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	27	35
1.1	Chris Duarte lost ball turnover (Anthony Gill steals)	27	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	35

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Wizards
131
Kings
143

Game 1

19/12

Kings
102
Wizards
109

Game 2

21/3

Capital One Arena

11:00 PM, 21 March 2024

Washington, DC

Attendance: 14,495

Referees:
Sean Wright
Michael Smith
John Conley

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Phoenix	14	11	.560	-	W2
Golden State	14	11	.560	-	L2
LA Clippers	15	12	.556	-	W1
LA Lakers	14	12	.538	0.5	W1
Sacramento	13	14	.481	2	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	17	11	.607	-	L2
Miami	13	11	.542	2	L1
Atlanta	14	13	.519	2.5	L1
Charlotte	7	19	.269	9	L2
Washington	3	21	.125	12	L3

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