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Brooklyn Nets vs. Washington Wizards

April 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nets beat the Wizards 121-115 on 2026-04-05 at home. The Nets started Jalen Wilson, E.J. Liddell, Nolan Traore, Drake Powell, and Chaney Johnson. The Wizards started Anthony Gill, Leaky Black, Bub Carrington, Jamir Watkins, and Julian Reese. Jaden Hardy (Wizards) scored 1 points (0/1) in his matchups, with Jalen Wilson as his primary defender. Nolan Traore (Nets) scored 14 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Leaky Black as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BKN

Brooklyn Nets 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
E.J. Liddell GS	29:42	15	5	2	0	2	3	4	5-7	2-2	3-4	+8
Drake Powell GS	29:26	13	1	2	3	0	0	2	5-10	1-3	2-2	+13
Nolan Traore GS	28:13	23	2	7	0	0	3	0	7-18	5-11	4-4	+6
Jalen Wilson GS	25:41	19	5	4	1	0	1	4	6-9	2-4	5-6	+10
Chaney Johnson GS	21:18	9	5	1	1	2	1	1	3-5	1-1	2-2	+7
Trevon Scott	28:07	4	8	3	1	2	0	2	2-5	0-2	0-0	+3
Malachi Smith	21:10	2	4	3	1	0	1	1	1-6	0-4	0-0	-13
Tyson Etienne	19:47	9	0	4	1	0	1	3	3-6	1-4	2-2	0
Josh Minott	18:18	15	1	1	2	3	1	1	6-11	1-5	2-3	-2
Ochai Agbaji	18:18	12	4	2	1	0	0	1	5-11	2-4	0-0	-2
Totals		121	35	29	11	9	11	19	43-88	15-40	20-23

Did not play: Ben Saraf (DND - Injury/Illness), Ziaire Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

WAS

Washington Wizards 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julian Reese GS	43:49	17	16	1	3	0	4	2	8-16	0-0	1-5	-12
Jamir Watkins GS	43:44	20	8	2	0	2	4	4	7-11	2-5	4-6	-5
Leaky Black GS	42:11	8	5	1	5	0	2	2	3-9	2-6	0-0	-11
Anthony Gill GS	40:57	17	5	3	0	1	0	3	8-10	0-1	1-1	-5
Bub Carrington GS	17:13	13	3	3	0	0	4	1	6-8	1-2	0-0	+6
Will Riley	35:06	30	4	6	0	0	4	4	9-16	3-7	9-12	-7
Jaden Hardy	13:37	8	0	3	0	0	2	2	2-8	1-4	3-4	+3
Sharife Cooper	3:23	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		115	41	20	9	3	20	18	44-79	9-25	18-28

Did not play: Justin Champagnie (DND - Injury/Illness), Bilal Coulibaly (DND - Injury/Illness), Tre Johnson (DND - Injury/Illness), Tristan Vukcevic (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

BKN

Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jalen Wilson · E.J. Liddell · Nolan Traore · Drake Powell · Chaney Johnson Starter 18.4 min
Trevon Scott · Ochai Agbaji · Tyson Etienne · Josh Minott · Malachi Smith 18.1 min
Trevon Scott · Jalen Wilson · E.J. Liddell · Nolan Traore · Drake Powell 3.8 min
Trevon Scott · E.J. Liddell · Nolan Traore · Drake Powell · Chaney Johnson 3.0 min
Jalen Wilson · E.J. Liddell · Malachi Smith · Nolan Traore · Drake Powell 1.5 min

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Gill · Leaky Black · Bub Carrington · Jamir Watkins · Julian Reese Starter 8.5 min
Anthony Gill · Leaky Black · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley · Julian Reese 20.6 min
Jaden Hardy · Leaky Black · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley · Julian Reese 5.4 min
Anthony Gill · Jaden Hardy · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley · Julian Reese 3.8 min
Anthony Gill · Sharife Cooper · Jaden Hardy · Leaky Black · Bub Carrington 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nets defense

Jaden Hardy 1 pts (0/1) in 26 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Wilson (22 %, 1 pts) · Malachi Smith (18 %, 0 pts) · Ochai Agbaji (14 %, 0 pts)
Will Riley 31 pts (11/15) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Drake Powell (19 %, 4 pts) · Malachi Smith (18 %, 2 pts) · Trevon Scott (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trevon Scott	Julian Reese: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Anthony Gill: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
E.J. Liddell	Jamir Watkins: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Leaky Black: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nolan Traore	Leaky Black: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jamir Watkins: 10 poss., 9 pts (3/6)
Drake Powell	Bub Carrington: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Riley: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jalen Wilson	Julian Reese: 17 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Anthony Gill: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Malachi Smith	Jamir Watkins: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Riley: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Chaney Johnson	Anthony Gill: 18 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Julian Reese: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tyson Etienne	Leaky Black: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Jamir Watkins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott	Julian Reese: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Anthony Gill: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ochai Agbaji	Jamir Watkins: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Anthony Gill: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)

Wizards defense

Nolan Traore 14 pts (6/8) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Leaky Black (31 %, 5 pts) · Anthony Gill (21 %, 0 pts) · Jamir Watkins (18 %, 3 pts)
Tyson Etienne 4 pts (0/1) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Will Riley (33 %, 1 pts) · Jamir Watkins (22 %, 1 pts) · Leaky Black (19 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Julian Reese	Trevon Scott: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Chaney Johnson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jamir Watkins	Malachi Smith: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · E.J. Liddell: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Leaky Black	Nolan Traore: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jalen Wilson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Anthony Gill	E.J. Liddell: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Nolan Traore: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Riley	Drake Powell: 18 poss., 10 pts (3/3) · Tyson Etienne: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bub Carrington	Drake Powell: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nolan Traore: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jaden Hardy	Jalen Wilson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malachi Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sharife Cooper	Nolan Traore: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Drake Powell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)