The Washington Wizards are back after a four day hiatus to play the Philadelphia 76ers at home.
At halftime the Wizards are leading the 76ers 62-60.
Washington's two leading scorers are forward Corey Kispert and guard Bilal Coulibaly as they each have nine points.
The Wizards rookie Coulibaly is having the best half of his career so far shooting 66 percent and has three steals.
Kispert also continues to play well at home as he has gone 3-3 from three-point range.
He is shooting 39 percent from deep at Capital One Arena and 35 percent on the road.
The bench for Washington has contributed a large amount tonight and has outscored Philadelphia's bench 25-8.
The 76ers leading scorer is center Joel Embiid with 26 points on 71 percent shooting.
The Wizards are having a really hard time even containing Embiid but so far it hasn't mattered as the rest of Philadelphia is struggling.
76ers guard Tyrese Maxey is shooting 20 percent from three and has 11 points.
Washington has forced eight turnovers and scored 11 points off of them.
Also, the Wizards are doing a great job forcing the 76ers to play fast and that is making them uncomfortable and they have 18 fast break points.
In order for Washington to keep the lead they need to keep forcing turnovers and keep pushing the pace of the game not letting Philadelphia settle the game down.
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