Wizards Warriors clash on Friday night
One of the league’s top scorers goes head-to-head with one of the league’s top defenders Friday night when Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards visit Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors.
Beal against Klay Thompson last season averaging 22.5 points, including a 25-point effort in Washington’s 112-108 home victory over the Warriors in February.
It was one of only five games the Warriors lost against Eastern Conference competition in the regular season last year.
Golden State got revenge with a 139-115 trouncing in April, although Beal managed to score 20 that night.
Stephen Curry poured in 42 points and Thompson added 23 in the April win, Golden State’s third straight over the Wizards in Oakland by an average of 21 points.
The Wizards have split two games to open a four-stop Western swing. They lost 102-99 in overtime to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night after tipping off the trip with a victory at Denver.
Kelly Oubre Jr., who averaged only 6.3 points as mostly a backup last season, has replaced Morris and is averaging 10.3 points.
A big surprise in Washington’s 3-1 start has been the play of newcomer Jodie Meeks, the club’s leading scorer off the bench (11 points) in the loss to the Lakers.
Washington seeks to regain command in the eastern confrence with a win in Golden state the key match up to look for tonight will be Bradley Beal and Klay Thompson.
