WASHINGTON — — Jordan Poole’s three-pointer with 8.1 seconds left gave the Washington Wizards a 113-110 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night time.
In a matchup between two of the worst groups within the league, the Wizards (5-23) beat Charlotte (7-23) for the second week in a row. Washington blew a 21-point lead within the second quarter, however ultimately took over in a back-and-forth closing minute.
The Hornets led by one and had Josh Inexperienced on the line with 38.3 seconds left. Inexperienced missed each free throws and a shot by Wizards rookie Alex Sarr put Washington up 109-108 with 14.8 seconds remaining.
Charlotte regained the lead when Mark Williams accomplished an alley-oop move from LaMelo Ball with 12.3 seconds left, however after a Washington timeout, Poole made a step-back 3 close to the highest of the important thing .
Brandon Miller missed a 3 on the different finish for Charlotte, and Ball’s determined putback try failed. Justin Champagnie made a free throw with 1.6 seconds left for the Wizards to finish the scoring.
The Hornets misplaced for the 14th time in 15 video games.
Poole completed with 25 factors and Bilal Coulibaly had 20 for the Wizards.
Ball scored 31 for the Hornets.
Hornets: Charlotte recovered Miller from a sprained ankle and rallied after falling behind 68-47, however Inexperienced’s missed free throws proved expensive.
Wizards: Washington refused to wilt after permitting a 19-4 run early within the fourth that put Charlotte forward 106-100.
Poole’s closing shot was his fifth 3-pointer of the night time in 15 makes an attempt. The Wizards have been in a position to isolate him fairly nicely in opposition to Inexperienced up prime, and he was in a position to create sufficient area to shoot.
The Wizards scored 24 factors off 20 turnovers in Charlotte.
The Wizards will host the primary of two straight video games in opposition to New York on Saturday, and the Hornets will host Oklahoma Metropolis.
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