Utah Jazz @ Washington Wizards
Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC | Game ID: 22500900
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
WAS 23 26 35 28 112UTA 37 30 26 29 122
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Ace Bailey scores career-high 32 as Jazz top Wizards 122-112 in Trae Young's Washington debut
WASHINGTON -- — Ace Bailey crashed Trae Young 's Washington debut, scoring 21 of his career-high 32 points in the first half to lift the Utah Jazz to a 122-112 victory over the Wizards on Thursday night.
Young, who was traded from Atlanta to Washington in January, had 12 points and six assists while playing just 19 minutes. He'd been sidelined by knee and quadriceps injuries and was on a minutes restriction.
Juju Reese had 18 points and 20 rebounds for the Wizards, who have lost seven straight. Utah snapped a seven-game skid of its own.
Bailey, who was taken by the Jazz with the fifth pick in last year's draft — one spot ahead of where Washington picked — made seven 3-pointers while surpassing his previous high of 25 points.
Although Young's appearance in the starting lineup was welcomed by the home crowd, the Wizards trailed by 14 after one quarter. Washington's Tre Johnson missed a breakaway dunk in the second, and although Young provided his share of highlights — including a pass between the legs of a defender to set up Anthony Gill 's layup in the third — Washington couldn't come all the way back.
Perhaps that was to the Wizards' benefit. Washington entered the game with the NBA's fourth-worst record, 1 1/2 games behind Utah. The Wizards could lose their first-round pick this year if it falls out of the top eight.
Reese, the brother of WNBA star Angel Reese, was signed by the Wizards to a two-way contract last week and now has the highest rebound total by any rookie in a game this season. He became Washington's first rookie with 20 rebounds since Tom Gugliotta in 1993.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
UTAAB A. Bailey
BH B. Hinson
BS B. Sensabaugh
CW C. Williams
EH E. Harkless
IC I. Collier
JK J. Konchar
KF K. Filipowski
MB M. Bamba
WASAG A. Gill
BC B. Carrington
BC B. Coulibaly
JH J. Hardy
JR J. Reese
LB L. Black
SC S. Cooper
TJ T. Johnson
TY T. Young
WR W. Riley
UTA/WAS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur